{"id":174505,"date":"2017-05-11T13:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=174505"},"modified":"2020-02-21T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:57:16","slug":"south-african-salaries-in-2017-what-people-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/174505\/south-african-salaries-in-2017-what-people-earn\/","title":{"rendered":"South African salaries in 2017: what people earn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJunction has released its latest salary review for South Africa, listing the salary ranges for 10 sectors across the country, as well as regional differences.<\/p>\n<p>The review\u00a0is compiled exclusively for the South African workforce and HR\/recruitment professionals, and is based on over 30,000 job listings on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.careerjunction.co.za\/?utm_source=CareerJunction&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=SalarySurveyMarch2016&amp;cid=mailing_SalarySurveyMarch2016#salaryreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CareerJunction website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The salaries listed below are divided by sector, and include the average regional differences in pay. BusinessTech highlights the jobs with the highest and lowest averages; however, the salaries are listed as a range, and will differ depending on seniority and skill level.<\/p>\n<p><em>** indicates where salary information was not available due to low market demand for those skill sets.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Architecture and Engineering<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid:<\/strong> Civil\/Structural Engineers &#8211; <strong>R70,301<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid:<\/strong> Engineering Drafters &#8211; <strong>R16,905<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Architecture-and-engineering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174649\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Architecture-and-engineering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Architecture-and-engineering.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Architecture-and-engineering-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Building and Construction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Structural Engineer\u00a0&#8211; <strong>R70,876<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Construction\/Demolition Equipment Operator &#8211; <strong>R18,015<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Building-and-Constructions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174651\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Building-and-Constructions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Building-and-Constructions.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Building-and-Constructions-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Warehousing and Logistics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Logistics Management &#8211; <strong>R44,278<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid: <\/strong>Packing and Packaging &#8211; <strong>R3,480<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Warehousing-and-Logistics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174665\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Warehousing-and-Logistics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Warehousing-and-Logistics.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Warehousing-and-Logistics-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Information and Communications Technology<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Technical and Business Architecture &#8211; <strong>R66,558<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Network, Planning, Design and Installation &#8211; <strong>R20,778<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ICT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174655\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ICT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ICT.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ICT-123x300.jpg 123w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ICT-419x1024.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Medical and Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Hospital Management &#8211; <strong>R61,915<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid: <\/strong>Dietician &#8211; <strong>R14,861<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Medical-and-health.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174661\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Medical-and-health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Medical-and-health.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Medical-and-health-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Finance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Corporate Lending &#8211; <strong>R69,932<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid: <\/strong>Financial Services Consulting\u00a0&#8211; <strong>R11,750<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Finance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174653\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Finance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Finance.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Finance-85x300.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Marketing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Product Management &#8211; R40,944<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid: <\/strong>Shop decoration and visual display\u00a0&#8211; R10,885<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Marketing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174659\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Marketing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Marketing.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Marketing-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Sales<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Sales management &#8211; <strong>R43,656<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid: <\/strong>Merchandiser, product promotor and demonstrator\u00a0&#8211; <strong>R7,238<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174663\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sales.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sales.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sales-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sales-471x1024.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Admin, Office and Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid: <\/strong>Office Management\u00a0&#8211; <strong>R35,921<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Teller and Cashier &#8211; <strong>R6,289<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Admin-Office-and-support.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174647\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Admin-Office-and-support.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Admin-Office-and-support.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Admin-Office-and-support-123x300.jpg 123w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Admin-Office-and-support-420x1024.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Manufacturing and Assembly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Plant management &#8211; <strong>R61,157<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest paid:<\/strong>\u00a0Printing &#8211; <strong>R10,650<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Manufacturing-and-Assembly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174657\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Manufacturing-and-Assembly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Manufacturing-and-Assembly.jpg 476w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Manufacturing-and-Assembly-127x300.jpg 127w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Manufacturing-and-Assembly-432x1024.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/174473\/5-money-worries-that-are-stressing-out-middle-class-south-africans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 money worries that are stressing out middle-class South Africans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJunction has released its latest salary review for South Africa, listing the salary ranges for 10 sectors across the country, as well as regional differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":172205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[1438,26],"class_list":["post-174505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-careerjunction","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174505"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174669,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174505\/revisions\/174669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}