{"id":294424,"date":"2019-01-22T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=294424"},"modified":"2019-01-22T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:32:46","slug":"south-african-salaries-in-2019-what-top-lawyers-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/294424\/south-african-salaries-in-2019-what-top-lawyers-earn\/","title":{"rendered":"South African salaries in 2019: what top lawyers earn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialist recruitment firm, Michael Page, has published\u00a0its\u00a0latest salary survey.<\/p>\n

The survey is aimed at showing what skilled professionals in 164 different jobs in South Africa can expect to earn in 2019.<\/p>\n

One of the key focuses of the report is the legal sector, which has typically been home to some of the highest-paying jobs in the country.<\/p>\n

Top earners include General Counsel (GC) and partners, both of which can expect to take home R5 million a year<\/strong> at the high-end of market.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, candidate attorneys can expect to earn between R250,000 and R300,000 a year<\/strong> at top law firms.<\/p>\n

Below BusinessTech looked at the full range of average salaries legal professionals can expect to earn in 2019.<\/p>\n

The averages represent annual salaries in thousands of rands (R\u2019000).<\/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
<\/td>\nFrom<\/strong><\/td>\nAverage<\/strong><\/td>\nTo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In House<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junior Counsel<\/td>\nR400<\/td>\nR500<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Counsel<\/td>\nR700<\/td>\nR900<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Legal Counsel<\/td>\nR1 000<\/td>\nR1 200<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR1 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GC<\/td>\nR1 500<\/td>\nR1 800<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR5 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Secretary<\/td>\nR300<\/td>\nR450<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top SA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candidate Attorney<\/td>\nR300<\/td>\nR350<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\nR600<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Associate<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\nR900<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR1 200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner<\/td>\nR1 400<\/td>\nR2 000<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR4 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Secretary<\/td>\nR300<\/td>\nR450<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boutique Law Firm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candidate Attorney<\/td>\nR250<\/td>\nR300<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate<\/td>\nR400<\/td>\nR500<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Associate<\/td>\nR700<\/td>\nR900<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner<\/td>\nR1 000<\/td>\nR1 800<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR3 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Secretary<\/td>\nR150<\/td>\nR200<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Law Firm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candidate Attorney<\/td>\nR300<\/td>\nR350<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\nR600<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Associate<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\nR900<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR1 200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner<\/td>\nR1 500<\/td>\nR2 000<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR5 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal Secretary<\/td>\nR300<\/td>\nR450<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read: The salaries that top finance and accounting professionals can expect to earn in 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BusinessTech looked at the full range of average salaries legal professionals can expect to earn in 2019, based on Michael Page’s salary data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":286836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[26,12787],"class_list":["post-294424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-headline","tag-michael-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294424","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=294424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294436,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294424\/revisions\/294436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}