ENGINEER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

892,732 ZAR

$48,796 USD

Johannesburg

981,098 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Engineer / South Africa

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Average salary for Engineer / South Africa is 892,732 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 493,970 ZAR. All data are based on 56 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 925,737 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 671,433 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,267,857 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 960,498 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,770,975 ZAR. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 1,514,842 ZAR.

Levels / 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	1	100% 1.79%
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	1	98.21% 1.79%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	3	96.43% 5.36%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	7	91.07% 12.5%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	11	78.57% 19.64%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	5	58.93% 8.93%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	2	50% 3.57%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	4	46.43% 7.14%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	3	39.29% 5.36%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	3	33.93% 5.36%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	28.57% 1.79%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	4	26.79% 7.14%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	1	19.64% 1.79%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	2	17.86% 3.57%
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	1	14.29% 1.79%
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	1	12.5% 1.79%
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	1	10.71% 1.79%
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	3	8.93% 5.36%
2,469,900 ZAR - 2,561,299 ZAR	1	3.57% 1.79%
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	1	1.79% 1.79%
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 / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	39	925,737 ZAR
2	Women	7	671,433 ZAR

Education / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	6	1,267,857 ZAR
2	Some College	7	960,498 ZAR
3	Bachelors Degree	43	828,772 ZAR

Experience / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	6	1,770,975 ZAR
2	12-16 Years	7	1,514,842 ZAR
3	20+ Years	1	1,406,900 ZAR
4	8-12 Years	7	1,086,734 ZAR
5	4-8 Years	10	729,978 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	10	616,548 ZAR
7	0-1 Year	9	450,061 ZAR
8	1-2 Years	6	375,051 ZAR

Age / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	5	1,604,489 ZAR
2	46-50	3	1,560,580 ZAR
3	41-45	2	1,344,697 ZAR
4	31-35	12	1,126,984 ZAR
5	n/a	10	920,248 ZAR
6	26-30	15	547,026 ZAR
7	21-25	9	406,153 ZAR

Work Type / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	4	1,031,849 ZAR
2	Permanent	51	890,976 ZAR
3	Part Time	1	397,005 ZAR

Cities / Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Mangaung	1	1,470,934 ZAR
2	Mbombela	1	1,337,379 ZAR
3	Polokwane	2	1,002,576 ZAR
4	Johannesburg	25	980,622 ZAR
5	eThekwini	5	905,612 ZAR
6	--Other--	2	786,693 ZAR
7	Buffalo, South Africa	1	770,227 ZAR
8	Cape Town	12	761,080 ZAR
9	Tshwane	4	748,273 ZAR
10	Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	3	554,344 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Senior Civil Engineer

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Civil engineering design and draughting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Intermediate	806,000 ZAR

Industrial Engineer

Posted 02 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Continuous improvement. Work measurement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	220,700 ZAR

Contracts Engineer

Posted 21 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance heavy industry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	2,452,800 ZAR

Structural Engineer

Posted 30 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conceptual and detailed designs
Design calculations
Drawing production
Site inspections
Compiling specifications
Compiling Bill of Quantities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	634,000 ZAR

Instrumentation Technician

Posted 24 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Perform routine maintenance and faultfinding on nuclear control and instrumentation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	946,200 ZAR

Metallurgist

Posted 31 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Flotation PGM New technology project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Polokwane	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	405,500 ZAR

Manufacturing Engineer

Posted 09 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	811,100 ZAR

Seismologist

Posted 17 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Seismology service to the mine."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,216,600 ZAR

Process Engineer

Posted 27 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Process and chemical engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	300,100 ZAR

Mechatronic Engineer

Posted 27 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"C++ Programming. C# Programming. Javascript."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	292,000 ZAR

Software Engineer

Posted 07 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead Front end software developer and full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	594,800 ZAR

Business Analyst

Posted 19 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Information systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	506,000 ZAR

Project Engineer

Posted 17 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project engineer for new production lines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	460,000 ZAR

Engineer

Posted 16 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering and proposals management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	2,760,100 ZAR

Industrial Engineer

Posted 29 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management
Data Analytics
Business Process Improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	690,000 ZAR

Industrial Engineer

Posted 17 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product development, project management, production planning, lean manufacturing, layout design, training, capacity planning, lean manufacturing, continous improvement, process engineering, value stream mapping, process design, system design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	460,000 ZAR

Industrial Engineer

Posted 17 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product development, project management, production planning, lean manufacturing, layout design, training, capacity planning, lean manufacturing, continous improvement, process engineering, value stream mapping, process design, system design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	460,000 ZAR

Senior Structural Engineer

Posted 11 December 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Structural design and analysis of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete and structural steel buildings. Multi-disciplinary coordination. Overseeing structural planning and coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,039,900 ZAR

Civil

Posted 20 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Civil engineering, Project management and construction work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	396,100 ZAR

Control System Engineer

Posted 02 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"PLC and SCADA Design and Commisioning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	470,400 ZAR

ENGINEER / SALARY SOUTH AFRICA

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892,732 ZAR

981,098 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

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