TECHNICIAN / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

502,130 ZAR

$27,446 USD

Johannesburg

403,683 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Technician / South Africa

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Average salary for Technician / South Africa is 502,130 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 493,970 ZAR. All data are based on 27 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 508,606 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 433,596 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 550,685 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 470,186 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 1,053,803 ZAR. Employees with 2-4 Years of experience receive 592,764 ZAR.

Levels / Technician / 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% 3.7%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	5	96.3% 18.52%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	6	77.78% 22.22%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	9	55.56% 33.33%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	2	22.22% 7.41%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	0	n/a
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	1	14.81% 3.7%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	0	n/a
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	2	11.11% 7.41%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	3.7% 3.7%
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	0	n/a
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	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 / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	18	508,606 ZAR
2	Women	2	433,596 ZAR

Education / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Some College	18	550,685 ZAR
2	Bachelors Degree	3	470,186 ZAR
3	High School	6	373,222 ZAR

Experience / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	1	1,053,803 ZAR
2	2-4 Years	3	592,764 ZAR
3	20+ Years	4	550,685 ZAR
4	16-20 Years	5	490,311 ZAR
5	8-12 Years	5	473,845 ZAR
6	0-1 Year	1	453,720 ZAR
7	4-8 Years	6	406,153 ZAR
8	1-2 Years	2	404,323 ZAR

Age / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	3	611,059 ZAR
2	26-30	2	583,616 ZAR
3	31-35	7	526,901 ZAR
4	n/a	7	506,777 ZAR
5	36-40	5	428,107 ZAR
6	21-25	2	404,323 ZAR
7	41-45	1	378,710 ZAR

Work Type / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	25	514,095 ZAR
2	Self Employed	2	349,438 ZAR

Cities / Technician / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Ekurhuleni	1	964,157 ZAR
2	--Other--	3	847,067 ZAR
3	Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	1	576,298 ZAR
4	Emfuleni	1	510,436 ZAR
5	Polokwane	1	499,458 ZAR
6	eThekwini	1	490,311 ZAR
7	Cape Town	6	453,720 ZAR
8	Johannesburg	13	404,323 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Airconditioning Technician

Posted 02 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ceo of an airconditioning company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	8-12 Years	n/a	337,900 ZAR

Technician

Posted 03 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cctv installer maintenance and repairs house alarm systems electric fence garage and gate automation access control fibre."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	202,800 ZAR

Drives Technician

Posted 31 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Plc programming and drives and instrumentation maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,054,400 ZAR

Technical Instructor

Posted 12 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working with plant managers and superintendents to get employees to full job competency and do all safety files and prevention standards."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	567,700 ZAR

Telephone Technician

Posted 25 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Install and maintain telephone pbx systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	378,500 ZAR

Workshop Foreman

Posted 13 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"–	Overseeing and delegating workshop projects. 
–	Set maintenance procedures where needed. 
–	Identify short comings and implement corrective actions. 
–	Planning and schedule to reach milestones. 
–	Field services and repairs of cranes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	389,300 ZAR

Ran Technician

Posted 06 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"GSM Ran field technician."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Polokwane	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	500,200 ZAR

Network Technician

Posted 27 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fibre Splicing and Network Maintanance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	459,600 ZAR

Home Automation Engineer

Posted 02 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Installation, programming, commissioning of Home automation equipment, HA controllers. 

3) Installation of CCTV system, cameras and dvi's, irrigation systems, alarms, motorized blinds, home cinema, custom equipment (AV receivers), network infrastructure. 

4) Areas of specialty include :

4. 1 Networking (routers, swiches, network managers, access points, CAT 6 crimping, installation, rack and cable management) ;Netgear, Luxul, D-Link. 

4. 2 Residential and commercial custom installation experience. 
. 
4. 3 Experience in the following areas: Multiroom Audio Visual Systems, High End Home Cinema, 
Lutron, Crestron, Popcornhour, MEDE8ER, Dune HD
, Control4, Mechanical Automation, Satellite systems, IT and Telephony
. 
4. 4 Practical skills to be able to fit LCD/Plasma screens, projectors and in wall keypads. 

4. 5 Competent Audio Visual knowledge including connection of audio and video equipment and terminating

4. 6 Cat5/6 sockets and equipment. 

4. 7 Excellent fault finding skills to resolve technical bugs and service issues. 

4. 8 Good practical skills and an understanding of construction techniques in a residential environment

4. 9 An efficient and hard worker and able to stay calm under pressure and understand that work must be
completed to a deadline

4. 1. 0 Ability to build and connect AV racks in a neat, efficient and professional manner. 
Commitment to safe working practices and maintaining Health and Safety requirements. 

4. 1. 1 Programming experience for Lutron Homeworks, Centralite, Vantage, RTI and Control4
See less."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	398,700 ZAR

Food Technician

Posted 18 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Food technician and quality controller."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	355,700 ZAR

Senior Technician

Posted 17 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electronic security systems installer, alarms, cctv access control, IP networking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	20+ Years	n/a	414,000 ZAR

Maintenance Electrician

Posted 04 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Repairs, preventative maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	490,700 ZAR