Salary research group, PayScale, has updated its South African salary data, showing what South Africans with more than 20 years of working experience can expect to earn in 2018.<\/p>\n
It is important to note that PayScale\u2019s salary data is determined by years of experience, and not by age specifically. However, it can be assumed that experience and age are closely aligned if most employees leave university at age 21 \u2013 thus an individual with over 20 years of work experience should be over 40.<\/p>\n
The salary data below also carries some caveats \u2013 primarily that it is an overall picture of\u00a0median\u00a0salaries, captured across all industries, for people who hold a bachelor\u2019s degree<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Different career paths also \u201cpeak\u201d at different times:\u00a0economists at PayScale note that any career where the majority of training happens in school\u00a0or within the first few years of work, will likely not see much pay growth after that.<\/p>\n Previous research conducted by PayScale showed that\u00a0the jump from 30 to 40 is different for men and women, but still smaller for both. Women see their salaries slow down to under 20% by the time they\u2019re in their 40s, while men see healthier average salary growth at 45%.<\/p>\n According to PayScale\u2019s data for 2018, this is what South Africans in their 40s can expect to be paid (per annum) after 20 years of work experience<\/a>:<\/p>\n The salary data is based off reported information by 25,900 South African employees with over 20 years working experience, updated as of 12 January 2018. Figures represent the median salary.<\/em><\/p>\n These are the most popular jobs for each bracket of work experience as listed by PayScale:<\/p>\n 20 years work experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n Job<\/th>\n Median Salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Operations Manager<\/td>\n R476 400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n General Manager<\/td>\n R575 440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Personal Assistant<\/td>\n R230 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Educator<\/td>\n R246 450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n High School Teacher<\/td>\n R251 560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bookkeeper<\/td>\n R189 040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Registered Nurse<\/td>\n R258 330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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