{"id":320945,"date":"2019-06-10T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=320945"},"modified":"2019-06-10T16:44:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:44:39","slug":"this-is-how-much-petrol-attendants-get-tipped-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/320945\/this-is-how-much-petrol-attendants-get-tipped-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how much petrol attendants get tipped in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

BusinessTech recently surveyed readers on how much they tip petrol attendants.<\/p>\n

Much like other service industries, petrol attendants supplement their wages through tips.<\/p>\n

However, with the public facing increasing road related hikes in the coming months, tipping may take a back seat as motorists continue to feel the pinch.<\/p>\n

The survey had 5,809 respondents with 40% indicating that they do not tip at all. This is up from a prior poll in 2018, which showed that 37% of people do not tip petrol attendants.<\/p>\n

In comparison, just under a third (31%) said that they tip R5, 15% said that they tip R10, and 9% said that they tip R2.<\/p>\n

Just 5% of respondents said that they tip R20 or more when filling up.<\/p>\n

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Salaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the latest jobs<\/a> <\/strong>data, petrol stations employ around 70,000 people across the country, with petrol attendants generally fitting the profile of 27-year-old men, who tend to stay in the job for up to five years.<\/p>\n

The Department of Energy employment numbers for 2018\/2019 showed that forecourt attendants earn a minimum of R1,313.55 per week (R5,250 a month), or R29.19 per hour, while cashiers earn slightly more (R1,382.40 per week).<\/p>\n

Salary data for the industry showed that generally petrol attendants earn just above this minimum wage at R5,600 a month, going as high as R8,000 a month in some cases.<\/p>\n

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Read: This is how much car guards get tipped in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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