OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE CAREER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

771,654 ZAR

$42,178 USD

Johannesburg

948,825 ZAR

219,542 ZAR

$12,000 USD

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Average Salary / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa

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Average salary for Other Human Resource Career / South Africa is 771,654 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 219,542 ZAR. All data are based on 53 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 673,263 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 828,772 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,461,786 ZAR. The second most paid education level is High School with salary of 806,818 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 1,247,732 ZAR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 1,143,450 ZAR.

Levels / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Salary Levels (ZAR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
54,900 ZAR - 91,499 ZAR	0	n/a
91,500 ZAR - 182,899 ZAR	3	100% 5.66%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	8	94.34% 15.09%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	8	79.25% 15.09%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	7	64.15% 13.21%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	1	50.94% 1.89%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	1	49.06% 1.89%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	5	47.17% 9.43%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	1	37.74% 1.89%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	4	35.85% 7.55%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	28.3% 1.89%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	3	26.42% 5.66%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	2	20.75% 3.77%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	2	16.98% 3.77%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	1	13.21% 1.89%
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	1	11.32% 1.89%
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	1	9.43% 1.89%
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,921,000 ZAR - 2,012,499 ZAR	1	7.55% 1.89%
2,012,500 ZAR - 2,103,899 ZAR	1	5.66% 1.89%
2,103,900 ZAR - 2,195,399 ZAR	0	n/a
2,195,400 ZAR - 2,286,899 ZAR	0	n/a
2,286,900 ZAR - 2,378,399 ZAR	0	n/a
2,378,400 ZAR - 2,469,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,469,900 ZAR - 2,561,299 ZAR	0	n/a
2,561,300 ZAR - 2,652,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,652,800 ZAR - 2,744,299 ZAR	1	3.77% 1.89%
HIGH SALARIES
2,744,300 ZAR - 2,927,199 ZAR	0	n/a
2,927,200 ZAR - 3,110,199 ZAR	0	n/a
3,110,200 ZAR - 3,293,099 ZAR	0	n/a
3,293,100 ZAR - 3,476,099 ZAR	1	1.89% 1.89%
3,476,100 ZAR - 3,658,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,659,000 ZAR - 3,841,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,842,000 ZAR - 4,024,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,024,900 ZAR - 4,207,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,207,900 ZAR - 4,390,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,390,800 ZAR - 4,573,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,573,800 ZAR - 6,403,299 ZAR	0	n/a

Gender / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	34	828,772 ZAR
2	Men	13	673,263 ZAR

Education / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	8	1,461,786 ZAR
2	High School	6	806,818 ZAR
3	Bachelors Degree	21	720,830 ZAR
4	Some College	18	512,265 ZAR

Experience / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	11	1,247,732 ZAR
2	16-20 Years	8	1,143,450 ZAR
3	12-16 Years	3	1,024,531 ZAR
4	8-12 Years	9	698,876 ZAR
5	4-8 Years	8	536,049 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	7	376,881 ZAR
7	1-2 Years	3	281,746 ZAR
8	0-1 Year	4	223,201 ZAR

Age / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	5	1,732,555 ZAR
2	36-40	11	1,009,895 ZAR
3	46-50	8	936,714 ZAR
4	n/a	6	658,627 ZAR
5	31-35	6	653,138 ZAR
6	51-55	2	603,741 ZAR
7	21-25	6	327,484 ZAR
8	26-30	8	300,041 ZAR
9	61-65	1	199,417 ZAR

Work Type / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	3	1,317,254 ZAR
2	Permanent	45	775,716 ZAR
3	Contract	4	472,016 ZAR
4	Part Time	1	173,804 ZAR

Cities / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Tshwane	4	1,048,314 ZAR
2	Emfuleni	1	1,037,337 ZAR
3	Johannesburg	26	949,520 ZAR
4	eThekwini	3	900,123 ZAR
5	Cape Town	13	525,072 ZAR
6	Buffalo, South Africa	2	265,280 ZAR
7	Mangaung	1	263,450 ZAR
8	Emalahleni	2	245,155 ZAR
9	Ekurhuleni	1	199,417 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Hr Recruitment Associate

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment in the legal sector."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	349,800 ZAR

Hr Consult

Posted 12 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Search, Reward. performance, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	912,500 ZAR

Hr/finance

Posted 18 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Core HR functions, Payroll, Tax, SDL, B-BEEE, Finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	443,600 ZAR

Human Resource Business Partner

Posted 13 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"BCOM Honours HRM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	441,500 ZAR

Human Resource Recruitment

Posted 08 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment and selection, Interviewing, on-
boarding, contracts, conducting exit interviews, administering psychometric assessments, advertising, screening and shortlisting, APSO certification
Sage SkillsMap, Salesforce, MS Office, Placement Partner."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Buffalo, South Africa	High School	8-12 Years	n/a	264,900 ZAR

Human Resource Recruitment

Posted 08 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment and selection, Interviewing, on-
boarding, contracts, conducting exit interviews, administering psychometric assessments, advertising, screening and shortlisting, APSO certification
Sage SkillsMap, Salesforce, MS Office, Placement Partner."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Buffalo, South Africa	High School	8-12 Years	n/a	264,900 ZAR

Hr Practitioner

Posted 30 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sage VIP
PEOPLE 200 (SAGE)
LEXIS NEXIS FINGER SCAN CERTIFICATION
BACHELOR OF SOCIAO SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	206,000 ZAR

Recruiter

Posted 21 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment account management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	674,500 ZAR

Hr Administrator Payroll

Posted 03 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"To Whom it May Concern, 
I submit my CV in response to the advertisement placed by your company for a Payroll Administrator. 
I am confident that my experience and skills are well suited to the position and am sure that my competence and knowledge would be an asset to your company. 
I have been working for 25 Years and for the last 6 years I was working as payroll administrator and have successfully run the administration/payroll functions for up to 450 employees. I can work individually or as part of a team, am able to solve problems on my own if need be, I have strong Excel ability, good communication skills, and many other attributes which I can discuss in more depth. 
Should there be any areas of my CV which require more details or review, I would be available at your convenience to meet with you. 
Thank you for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you soon."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Emalahleni	High School	20+ Years	n/a	294,300 ZAR

Learning And Development Facilitator

Posted 07 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and facilitate on-boarding and leadership development sessions. Report on training actual and track the training budget."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	438,000 ZAR

Training Manager

Posted 28 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage training, Training analysis,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	827,300 ZAR

Research Analyst

Posted 26 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doing quantitative research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	194,600 ZAR

Recruiter

Posted 13 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Headhunting
Senior and executive placements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	344,700 ZAR

Compensation Consultant

Posted 06 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"The purpose of this role is to assist the Compensation Specialist in the development and management of a best practice framework in support of the human capital and people practices strategy for the Compensation function within the MMI Group. This must be achieved through providing an effective & accurate service to our clients in the areas of remuneration including consulting, analysis and governance, job evaluation including internal, external grading & benchmarking, remuneration surveys and research, to support quality decision making regarding compensation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	635,300 ZAR

Senior Recruiter

Posted 29 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Projects and construction recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	675,900 ZAR

Recruitment And Payroll

Posted 28 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full Recruitment function and full payroll function including month end payroll accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	647,300 ZAR

Recruiter

Posted 19 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Talent Acquisition Specialist and projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	811,100 ZAR

Human Resources Director

Posted 11 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Heading up the HR Function of a Law Firm."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	1,784,300 ZAR

Ceo Recruiting Placing Payroll Hr Ir

Posted 07 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Owen Labour broking Compamy for 18 years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	20+ Years	n/a	3,373,400 ZAR

Senior Human Resource Manager

Posted 29 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Talent management 
Strategy
Performance management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	996,700 ZAR

Reward Manager

Posted 12 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create total rewards for employees."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,104,000 ZAR

OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE CAREER / SALARY SOUTH AFRICA

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771,654 ZAR

948,825 ZAR

219,542 ZAR

Average Salary / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa

Levels / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Gender / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Education / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Experience / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Age / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Work Type / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Cities / Other Human Resource Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE CAREER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA