Top 10 highest paying jobs in South Africa – and you may be surprised
Working in these fields will allow you to earn the 'big bucks'.
ALL over the country people are waking up to go to work and earn a ‘decent’ salary in order to survive and provide for their families on a day-to-day basis.
Like all countries in the world, one gets the super rich and then the absolute poor with a range in between.
Listed below are the annual salaries for ten jobs in major sectors of the economy in South Africa, as compiled by our sister Caxton publication, Zululand Observer.
This information comes from an annual salary survey done by Jobs Portal Career Junction.
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The salary review is compiled exclusively for South African job seekers and the HR/Recruitment industry to give a true representation of cost-to-company salary packages.
Top 10 highest paying jobs in South Africa
1. Environmental engineer – average monthly salary R75 941 and average annual salary R911 292.
2. Civil engineer – average monthly salary R74 779 and average annual salary R897 348.
3. Structural engineer – average monthly salary R71 377 and average annual salary R856 524.
4. IT management – average monthly salary R68 281 and average annual salary R819 372 .
5. Financial management – average monthly salary R67 653 and average annual salary R811 836.
6. Plant manager – average monthly salary R62 188 and average annual salary R746 256.
7. Charted accountant – average monthly salary R60 795 and average annual salary R729 540.
8. Quantity surveying – average monthly salary R60 227 and average annual salary R720 454.
9. Electrical engineer – average monthly salary R59 792 and average annual salary R717 504.
10. Technical and business architect – average monthly salary R58 981 and average annual salary R707 772.
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