ELECTRICAL ENGINEER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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April 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

793,353 ZAR

$43,364 USD

Johannesburg

911,027 ZAR

676,922 ZAR

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / Electrical Engineer / South Africa

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Average salary for Electrical Engineer / South Africa is 793,353 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 676,922 ZAR. All data are based on 25 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 804,988 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 722,660 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 945,861 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 792,182 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,577,046 ZAR. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 1,189,188 ZAR.

Levels / Electrical Engineer / 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	0	n/a
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	1	100% 4%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	2	96% 8%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	1	88% 4%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	2	84% 8%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	2	76% 8%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	4	68% 16%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	2	52% 8%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	2	44% 8%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	3	36% 12%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	24% 4%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	2	20% 8%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	1	12% 4%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	1	8% 4%
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	1	4% 4%
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,921,000 ZAR - 2,012,499 ZAR	0	n/a
2,012,500 ZAR - 2,103,899 ZAR	0	n/a
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	0	n/a
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	0	n/a
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 / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	14	804,988 ZAR
2	Women	1	722,660 ZAR

Education / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Some College	1	945,861 ZAR
2	Bachelors Degree	19	792,182 ZAR
3	Masters Degree	5	766,568 ZAR

Experience / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	1,577,046 ZAR
2	8-12 Years	2	1,189,188 ZAR
3	12-16 Years	2	1,156,256 ZAR
4	20+ Years	4	927,566 ZAR
5	2-4 Years	5	697,047 ZAR
6	4-8 Years	6	653,138 ZAR
7	1-2 Years	1	499,458 ZAR
8	0-1 Year	4	488,481 ZAR

Age / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	1	1,577,046 ZAR
2	31-35	2	1,297,129 ZAR
3	36-40	1	1,161,745 ZAR
4	46-50	2	901,953 ZAR
5	n/a	10	784,864 ZAR
6	56-60	1	649,479 ZAR
7	26-30	8	525,072 ZAR

Work Type / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	22	832,431 ZAR
2	Contract	3	506,777 ZAR

Cities / Electrical Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	eThekwini	1	1,447,150 ZAR
2	Tshwane	1	1,161,745 ZAR
3	Johannesburg	11	911,100 ZAR
4	Cape Town	6	689,729 ZAR
5	Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	3	561,662 ZAR
6	--Other--	2	462,868 ZAR
7	Buffalo, South Africa	1	453,720 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Field Application Engineer

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hardware design
Embedded design
CAD
project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	499,700 ZAR

Systems And Software Engineer

Posted 24 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development, Integration of systems, Customer engadgement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	785,100 ZAR

System Engineer

Posted 23 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design industrial and mining systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	858,500 ZAR

Research And Development

Posted 21 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	294,300 ZAR

Electrical Engineer

Posted 29 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage my department, marketing,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,162,500 ZAR

Electrical Supervisor

Posted 06 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervising Renewable Energy (solar power) installation at site."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	648,800 ZAR

Technologist

Posted 25 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, Procure and project manage infrastructure and building projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	463,900 ZAR

Development Engineer

Posted 23 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hardware development engineer, RF and Microwave. Telecoms and avionics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	946,200 ZAR

Associate

Posted 05 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design electrical systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,149,000 ZAR

Software And Electrical

Posted 04 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development of electrical systems for catalysis test units. Development of software and control systems of catalysis test units."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	577,700 ZAR

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