{"id":281627,"date":"2018-11-04T18:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=281627"},"modified":"2019-11-14T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:52:15","slug":"28-jobs-that-pay-more-than-r1-million-a-year-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/281627\/28-jobs-that-pay-more-than-r1-million-a-year-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"28 jobs that pay more than R1 million a year in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data from salary comparison and career resource group Salary Explorer lists 28 jobs in South Africa that draw in a total package exceeding R1 million a year.<\/p>\n

The group uses salary related data\u00a0 from various recruitment agencies, companies and employers, and published salary reports.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Salary Explorer<\/a><\/strong>, the average annual salary in South Africa is R338,500 before taxes \u2013 or around R28,209 a month – which is up only marginally from 2017.<\/p>\n

“Salaries in South Africa are on the rise in the year 2018 based on recent submitted salaries and reports. Salaries in 2018 are 2% higher than those of 2017. The trend suggests a slow yet slow continuous increase in pay in 2019 and future years,” it said.<\/p>\n

The group’s salary data also highlights the inequality in distribution of wealth among the populace, noting that salaries range between R1,850 per month (minimum salary) to R312,000 a month.<\/p>\n

The median salary is R20,000 per month, with half (50%) of the population earning less than that.<\/p>\n

Closely related to the median are two similar values: the 25th and 75th percentiles. The lowest quarter of the population (35th percentile) are earning less than R12,000, while the highest quarter (75th percentile) are earning more than R35,000 a month.<\/p>\n

Salaries vary depending on the level of employment, the sectors the jobs are in, as well as where the jobs are located.<\/p>\n

For example, management and executive positions carry the highest monthly average (R60,267 per month), while those working in cleaning and housekeeping have the lowest average (R3,823 per month).<\/p>\n

In line with other salary data, jobs in Johannesburg also pay more, with an average of R33,724 per month, compared to Pretoria (R26,265), Cape Town (R26,002), Durban (R23,789), Port Elizabeth (R23,656) and Bloemfontein (R20,560).<\/p>\n

The group lists the top 200 best-paying jobs based on its salary data, of which 28 have annual salaries of over R1 million. These are listed below.<\/p>\n

The average monthly salary includes housing, transport, and other benefits, the group noted.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Job<\/th>\nMonthly<\/th>\nAnnual<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Corporate Affairs Executive<\/td>\nR140 000<\/td>\nR1 660 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief Investment Officer<\/td>\nR136 600<\/td>\nR1 639 200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Services Director<\/td>\nR129 333<\/td>\nR1 552 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Financial Systems Manager<\/td>\nR120 000<\/td>\nR1 440 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neurosurgeon<\/td>\nR120 000<\/td>\nR1 440 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Sales Executive<\/td>\nR119 000<\/td>\nR1 428 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corporate Director<\/td>\nR115 000<\/td>\nR1 380 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant to CEO<\/td>\nR108 642<\/td>\nR1 303 700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Market Segmentation Director<\/td>\nR108 333<\/td>\nR1 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Research and Development Executive<\/td>\nR108 333<\/td>\nR1 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IT Director<\/td>\nR106 700<\/td>\nR1 280 400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Division Manager<\/td>\nR104 167<\/td>\nR1 250 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director<\/td>\nR103 125<\/td>\nR1 237 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Mechanical Engineer<\/td>\nR100 000<\/td>\nR1 200 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sales Director<\/td>\nR100 000<\/td>\nR1 200 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Program Director<\/td>\nR100 000<\/td>\nR1 200 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finance Executive<\/td>\nR97 500<\/td>\nR1 170 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Executive Human Capital Management<\/td>\nR95 500<\/td>\nR1 146 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing Director<\/td>\nR94 712<\/td>\nR1 135 545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief Executive Officer<\/td>\nR90 140<\/td>\nR1 081 683<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demand Planning Manager<\/td>\nR90 000<\/td>\nR1 080 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anesthesiologist<\/td>\nR88 528<\/td>\nR1 062 683<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operations Manager<\/td>\nR88 000<\/td>\nR1 056 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Electrical Engineer<\/td>\nR88 000<\/td>\nR1 056 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief Financial Officer<\/td>\nR87 667<\/td>\nR1 052 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior IT Manager<\/td>\nR87 500<\/td>\nR1 050 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inventory Manager<\/td>\nR85 000<\/td>\nR1 020 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project Director<\/td>\nR84 583<\/td>\nR1 015 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Data from salary comparison and career resource group Salary Explorer lists 28 jobs in South Africa that draw in a total package over R1 million a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":144519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[26,12547],"class_list":["post-281627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-headline","tag-salary-explorer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281627","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281627"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354159,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281627\/revisions\/354159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}