LOGISTICS, ROAD, RAILWAY / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

751,585 ZAR

$41,081 USD

Johannesburg

859,362 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa

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Average salary for Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa is 751,585 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 493,970 ZAR. All data are based on 59 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 845,238 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 552,515 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 925,737 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bellow H. School with salary of 885,487 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,262,368 ZAR. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 1,072,098 ZAR.

Levels / Logistics, Road, Railway / 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	2	100% 3.39%
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	7	96.61% 11.86%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	7	84.75% 11.86%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	5	72.88% 8.47%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	10	64.41% 16.95%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	1	47.46% 1.69%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	4	45.76% 6.78%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	2	38.98% 3.39%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	3	35.59% 5.08%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	2	30.51% 3.39%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	2	27.12% 3.39%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	2	23.73% 3.39%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	5	20.34% 8.47%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	1	11.86% 1.69%
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	2	10.17% 3.39%
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	2	6.78% 3.39%
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	1	3.39% 1.69%
1,921,000 ZAR - 2,012,499 ZAR	1	1.69% 1.69%
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 / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	34	845,238 ZAR
2	Women	13	552,515 ZAR

Education / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	23	925,737 ZAR
2	Bellow H. School	1	885,487 ZAR
3	Masters Degree	3	841,579 ZAR
4	Some College	19	631,184 ZAR
5	High School	13	587,275 ZAR

Experience / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	5	1,262,368 ZAR
2	20+ Years	12	1,072,098 ZAR
3	12-16 Years	7	976,963 ZAR
4	8-12 Years	9	653,138 ZAR
5	4-8 Years	11	532,390 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	10	506,777 ZAR
7	0-1 Year	2	364,074 ZAR
8	1-2 Years	3	261,621 ZAR

Age / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	2	1,893,553 ZAR
2	61-65	2	1,469,104 ZAR
3	51-55	1	1,148,938 ZAR
4	46-50	6	955,009 ZAR
5	41-45	6	905,612 ZAR
6	36-40	5	845,238 ZAR
7	n/a	12	700,706 ZAR
8	31-35	7	565,321 ZAR
9	26-30	15	517,754 ZAR
10	21-25	3	311,018 ZAR

Work Type / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Contract	4	914,760 ZAR
2	Permanent	55	739,126 ZAR

Cities / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Rustenburg	1	1,306,277 ZAR
2	--Other--	3	1,051,974 ZAR
3	Mangaung	1	872,681 ZAR
4	Johannesburg	20	859,874 ZAR
5	Buffalo, South Africa	1	797,670 ZAR
6	Ekurhuleni	8	751,932 ZAR
7	Cape Town	12	735,467 ZAR
8	Polokwane	1	722,660 ZAR
9	Tshwane	2	482,993 ZAR
10	Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	6	450,061 ZAR
11	eThekwini	4	446,402 ZAR

Careers / Logistics, Road, Railway / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Railway Engineer Lead	4	1,432,514 ZAR
2	Logistics Manager	25	1,006,236 ZAR
3	Train Driver	1	722,660 ZAR
4	Other Logistics Career	9	594,594 ZAR
5	Logistics Lead	1	464,698 ZAR
6	Logistics Coordinator	9	420,789 ZAR
7	Logistics Administration	4	320,166 ZAR
8	Logistics	6	309,188 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Group Logistics Manager

Posted 20 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Transport Planning, Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Mangaung	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	873,200 ZAR

Over Border Manager

Posted 23 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"All tasks including P&Ls, tariff management, loading reports, clearances, pre alerts, invoicing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	High School	20+ Years	n/a	523,900 ZAR

Shipping Manager

Posted 03 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manager Imports, Exports, air and sea."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	515,100 ZAR

Operational Excellence Business Analyst

Posted 05 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operation Excellence Deployment
Training and coaching
Business Process Engineering
Stakeholder Management
Project Management
Strategic Matrix Formulation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	515,100 ZAR

Design, Test And Commission

Posted 24 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design of various railway signalling systems i. e relay based, Microlok and electronic type sytems, i. e. Bombardier Locktrack and Thales L905 system. 
Level Crossing design and commissioning. 
Tester in Charge for 7 years in Australia. 
Registered Technologist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,284,200 ZAR

Fleet Controller

Posted 11 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fleet management 
fleet maintenance
data analysis
route planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	232,800 ZAR

Inventory Analyst

Posted 27 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Warehouse professional with 8 years of experience in warehouse operations and inventory management as well as sap."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	567,700 ZAR

Supply Chain Manager

Posted 11 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning. Warehousing, procurement, expediting, distribution, inventory control,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,742,400 ZAR

Supervisor

Posted 23 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Finding better prices and routes with less tolls."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bellow H. School	4-8 Years	n/a	885,700 ZAR

General Manager

Posted 20 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"General Manager overseeing the running if the branch, attending meetings and reporting back to head office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,149,000 ZAR

Fleet Administrator

Posted 11 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Challenging and professional."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	439,300 ZAR

Transport Planner

Posted 06 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Route planning for all Danone deliveries country wide in SA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ekurhuleni	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	540,700 ZAR

Air Traffic Control

Posted 01 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advanced air traffic control tower."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	865,100 ZAR

Systems Specialist

Posted 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project-, Programme-, Operations Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	1,946,600 ZAR

Warehouse And Shipping Manager

Posted 18 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Stocktakes at headoffice and 13 retail stores nationwide. 
KPI and financial reporting for HQ in Switzerland
Managing Staff."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ekurhuleni	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	324,400 ZAR

Supply Chain Manager

Posted 03 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"End-to-end supply chain manager (including logistics management, procurement, materials planning, financial reporting etc)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,094,900 ZAR

Operations

Posted 25 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fleet management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ekurhuleni	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	805,000 ZAR

Branch Manager

Posted 08 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"National key account management, project management, logistics planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Buffalo, South Africa	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	797,300 ZAR

Procurement Manager

Posted 08 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supply chain management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	1,686,700 ZAR

Supervisor

Posted 16 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise employees."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	199,300 ZAR

Logistics Specialist

Posted 08 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage logistics operations for manufacturing site."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	464,600 ZAR

Consultant Supply Chain

Posted 16 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"End to end Supply Chain including Warehousing and Transport."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ekurhuleni	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,840,000 ZAR

Pay Roll Officer

Posted 03 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing wage office and preparing wage payments and overtime rate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	20+ Years	n/a	368,000 ZAR

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