Loading…
What job adverts for engineering & science work in South Africa offer, in rands a month before tax. These are advertised salaries from the adverts Honde has read in the last 12 months, not market rates or what people are actually paid.
Based on 283 job adverts that state a salary.
| Place | Median a month | Middle half | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauteng | R50 500 | R35 400 to R78 800 | 79 |
| Western Cape | R56 000 | R39 400 to R76 500 | 68 |
| Cape Town | R58 300 | R50 000 to R75 900 | 46 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | R47 800 | R33 900 to R80 000 | 37 |
| Johannesburg | R60 000 | R36 400 to R95 400 | 30 |
| Pretoria | R50 500 | R47 800 to R75 000 | 21 |
| Mpumalanga | R78 800 | R76 200 to R117 600 | 20 |
| Durban | R75 000 | R44 100 to R91 700 | 19 |
| Eastern Cape | R51 200 | R41 700 to R75 000 | 13 |
| Mbombela | R78 800 | R78 800 to R78 800 | 13 |
| Gqeberha | R45 800 | R35 000 to R63 300 | 7 |
| Centurion | R50 000 | R41 700 to R59 400 | 4 (too few) |
| Limpopo | R109 800 | R93 000 to R109 800 | 3 (too few) |
| Midrand | R35 000 | R30 000 to R46 700 | 3 (too few) |
| Polokwane | R109 800 | R93 000 to R109 800 | 3 (too few) |
| Free State | R61 800 | R51 100 to R72 600 | 2 (too few) |
| Northern Cape | R42 400 | R42 400 to R42 400 | 2 (too few) |
| Sandton | R74 000 | R69 300 to R78 600 | 2 (too few) |
| East London | R61 200 | R54 400 to R68 100 | 2 (too few) |
| Bloemfontein | R61 800 | R51 100 to R72 600 | 2 (too few) |
| Pietermaritzburg | R42 800 | R42 600 to R43 000 | 2 (too few) |
| Kimberley | R42 400 | R42 400 to R42 400 | 2 (too few) |
| North West | R28 200 | R28 200 to R28 200 | 1 (too few) |
Open engineering & science vacancies · All advertised salaries
Honde reads South African job adverts every day: employers' careers sites, government vacancy circulars and job boards. Only adverts that state a salary in rands with its period count, and most adverts don't, so these figures lean towards the kinds of job that publish pay, such as government posts. Each advert counts once, at the middle of its range, turned into a monthly figure (a year is 12 months; an hourly rate assumes 40 hours a week). Figures below R3 000 or above R300 000 a month are left out as likely typos or whole-package amounts.
The median is the advert in the middle: half offer less, half more. Government salaries in adverts are often the full package or the notch on a salary level, so read each advert for what it includes. Fewer than 5 adverts is too few to go by, and those pages are marked as such.
Upload your CV once. Every morning Honde finds jobs that fit it, shows the salary when the advert gives one, scores your match and prepares the application. Free to start.
Create your free accountPractical tips to help you stand out.
Step-by-step guidance for government jobs.
Learn how to identify and avoid common scams.