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- Employees in Gauteng earn more than those in other provinces
- Median earnings in Gauteng were R7,500 a month in 2022
- This was R2,000 more than the median in the Western Cape
Where you live in South Africa influences what you earn. Employees – people who work for an employer and receive payment – earn more in Gauteng than anywhere else in the country. The median monthly earnings in Gauteng were R7,500 a month, R2,000 higher than the Western Cape, which had the second-highest median at R5,500, according to StatsSA’s Monthly Earnings in SA 2017-2022 report.
Median earnings represent the middle point in the range, so 50% of employees earn less than the median and 50% earn more. The national median in 2022 was R5,417. Gauteng and the Western Cape were the only two provinces with median earnings higher than the national median.
The two provinces with the lowest median earnings were the Eastern Cape and Limpopo, both of which were more than R3,000 lower than Gauteng.
— 28 November, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
