RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

1,115,330 ZAR

$60,963 USD

Johannesburg

1,149,414 ZAR

311,018 ZAR

$17,000 USD

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Average Salary / Research Engineer / South Africa

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Average salary for Research Engineer / South Africa is 1,115,330 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 311,018 ZAR. All data are based on 6 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 345,779 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 1,148,938 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 1,686,817 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 1,379,458 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 8-12 Years of experience receive salary of 1,849,644 ZAR. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive 1,379,458 ZAR.

Levels / Research 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	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	1	100% 16.67%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	1	83.33% 16.67%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	0	n/a
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	0	n/a
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	0	n/a
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	0	n/a
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	0	n/a
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	66.67% 16.67%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	0	n/a
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	1	50% 16.67%
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	33.33% 16.67%
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	1	16.67% 16.67%
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 / Research Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	2	1,148,938 ZAR
2	Men	2	345,779 ZAR

Education / Research Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Some College	1	1,686,817 ZAR
2	Masters Degree	1	1,379,458 ZAR
3	Bachelors Degree	3	1,105,030 ZAR
4	Doctorate Degree	1	309,188 ZAR

Experience / Research Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	8-12 Years	2	1,849,644 ZAR
2	4-8 Years	1	1,379,458 ZAR
3	2-4 Years	1	920,248 ZAR
4	0-1 Year	2	345,779 ZAR

Age / Research Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	n/a	2	1,849,644 ZAR
2	26-30	3	869,022 ZAR
3	21-25	1	384,199 ZAR

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

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	6	1,116,007 ZAR

Cities / Research Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Cape Town	1	2,014,301 ZAR
2	Johannesburg	2	1,148,938 ZAR
3	Tshwane	2	1,035,508 ZAR
4	--Other--	1	309,188 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Post Doc

Posted 01 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Astronomy, python, computing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	309,000 ZAR

Machine Intelligence Engineer

Posted 01 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,378,800 ZAR

Business Developer

Posted 15 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Developemrn."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	920,000 ZAR

Testing Officer

Posted 05 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Testing, report writing, consultations, data review."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	383,300 ZAR

RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY SOUTH AFRICA

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