Poor working South Africans: Here's what they earn‚ at which jobs

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Almost one in three working people in South Africa earn less than the national minimum wage.

Banking and IT pay some of the highest salaries‚ but employ only eight percent of the working population."Tertiary education is a major driver of salary - with workers with a tertiary qualification earning on average 72% more than people without a tertiary qualification‚" said Giraffe.

The online recruitment platform said its report is relevant for HR departments and small businesses who hire junior to medium-skilled staff and would like to understand market salaries by industry and function. Siobhan Zurnamer‚ who led the research‚ commented: “Employers - especially small businesses - often don’t know how much to pay their staff and job seekers frequently don’t know what their skillset is worth. We find that the large discrepancies in salaries for equal work to be attributed to the inaccessibility of credible and fair salary reports‚ so we felt compelled to create one.”

 

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