{"id":870138,"date":"2026-08-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=870138"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:48:15","slug":"the-retail-job-paying-nearly-r50000-a-month-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/870138\/the-retail-job-paying-nearly-r50000-a-month-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The retail job paying nearly R50,000 a month in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the Business and Management sector, South Africans can earn nearly R50,000, with almost half of the candidates lacking a degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is according to the recently released Career Junction Employment Insights Report, which highlights employment activity during the last quarter of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Career Junction Employment Insights Report analyses supply and demand trends in the online job market, illustrating the dynamics of online labour in South Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the Business & Management sector, the Business Development Manager is identified as one of the most in-demand roles in South Africa, with a monthly salary range of R35,830 to R46,511.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For other in-demand roles, such as a Business Development Consultant, the salary ranges from R19,016 to R33,948, while a Store Manager in the Business Development sector can expect to earn between R19,426 and R28,412.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talent pool for Business and Management candidates revealed that 62.3% of candidates under this sector are classified as Employment Equity (EE) candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employment Equity (EE) candidates are individuals from designated groups who are historically disadvantaged or underrepresented in the workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These groups can include women, people with disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employment equity initiatives aim to promote fair treatment and equal opportunities in hiring, promotion, and retention, which aim to ensure that these candidates have a fair chance in the job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report indicated that candidates tend to stay in their jobs for an average of 3 years and 10 months.\u00a0Nearly half (49.9%) of these candidates are willing to relocate for job opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to educational qualifications, 45.4% of candidates hold a tertiary qualification, while 27% have no qualification records. The report highlights that many of the candidates do not have a degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 17% of candidates have a diploma, while 16% hold a degree. 13% have completed their matriculation (Matric), and 10% have obtained a certificate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven percent hold an honours degree, and six percent have earned a master’s degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three percent of candidates have a professional qualification, while two percent have completed some secondary schooling. Only one percent of candidates hold a doctorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the candidates are located in various provinces of South Africa, most are concentrated in Gauteng (56.2%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distribution of candidates across other regions is 15% in the Western Cape, 12% in KwaZulu-Natal, 4% in the Eastern Cape, and 4% internationally.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smaller percentages are found in Mpumalanga (3%), Limpopo (2%), North West (2%), Free State (2%), and Northern Cape (1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lowest take-home pay in two years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In June 2026, South African salary earners experienced a slight increase in their nominal net salaries; however, rising inflation continued to lower their purchasing power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is according to the latest PayInc Net Salary Index, which monitors the average nominal net salaries of approximately 2.1 million employees in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Index, real take-home pay has dropped to its lowest level in about two years. This decline is placing additional pressure on consumer spending and economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe average nominal net salary increased to R21,598 in June 2026, up 0.4% from May,\u201d said PayInc Head of Stakeholder Engagement Shergeran Naidoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, salaries were only 0.5% higher than a year ago, highlighting the subdued pace of earnings growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PayInc reported that the slight increase in nominal salaries does not accurately reflect the challenges many South African households are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first half of 2026 has been particularly challenging for salary earners. While nominal net salaries rose by 1.5% over this six-month period, real net salaries actually fell by 2.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough salary earners are taking home marginally more in rand terms, inflation continues to outpace wage growth, steadily reducing their purchasing power,\u201d said Independent Economist, Elize Kruger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June, the PayInc Net Salary Index decreased by 0.3% in real terms from May and by 3.6% year-on-year, resulting in an average real net salary of R20,198, the lowest level recorded in approximately two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africans can earn nearly R50,000 in the retail sector, with almost half of the candidates lacking a degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":814189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2088627028236902810","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2176975636456169","_sma_instagram_post_id":"18171769123446286","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[9405,22385,23495],"class_list":["post-870138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-career-junction","tag-employment-insights-report","tag-payinc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870138","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\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870138"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870333,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870138\/revisions\/870333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}