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Minimum wages in South Africa
The national minimum wage is R30.23 an hour from 1 March 2026, for every worker. Many sectors have their own, higher minimums, set by a sectoral determination or a bargaining council agreement the Minister has extended to every employer in the sector. Find yours below, straight from the Government Gazette.
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- R30.23National minimum wage, an hourfrom 1 Mar 2026
- R1,360.35A 45-hour week
- R5,894.85A month, aboutat 45 hours a week
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Common jobs
- Domestic workers
- Farm workers
- Grade 6: Security Officer ITruck and courier drivers · Cash-in-transit chamber
- Grade 6: Security Officer IITruck and courier drivers · Cash-in-transit chamber
- Grade 6: Security Officer IIITruck and courier drivers · Cash-in-transit chamber
- Contract cleaning employeeContract cleaners
- Contract cleaning employeeContract cleaners in KwaZulu-Natal
- Cashier (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Cashier (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Cashier (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
Every other job, A to Z
- Learnerships (18 levels)The national minimum wage · Motor industry workers
- AccountantMotor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- AccountantMotor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- All workersThe national minimum wage · National minimum wage
- Apprentice, 3-year trade (First year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 3-year trade (Second year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 3-year trade (Third year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 4-year trade (First year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 4-year trade (Fourth year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 4-year trade (Second year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Apprentice, 4-year trade (Third year)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- ArtisanSecurity guards
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Assistant Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- BookkeeperMotor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- BookkeeperMotor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Cashier (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Cashier (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Cashier (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- CBMT trainee (Level 1)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- CBMT trainee (Level 2)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- CBMT trainee (Level 3)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- CBMT trainee (Level 4)Motor industry workers · Apprentices and learners (all chapters)
- Clerical AssistantSecurity guards
- Clerk (During the first year of experience)Security guards
- Clerk (During the second year of experience)Security guards
- Clerk (During the third year of experience)Security guards
- Clerk (Thereafter)Security guards
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Clerk/Sales Assistant/Sales person/Block man/Baker (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Displayer (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Displayer (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Displayer (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Displayer (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Displayer (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Displayer (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver < 3500kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 16001kg > (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 3501 <9000kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver 9001 <16000kg (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Driver of a heavy motor vehicleSecurity guards
- Driver of a light motor vehicleSecurity guards
- Driver of a medium motor vehicleSecurity guards
- Employees not elsewhere specifiedSecurity guards
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Forklift Operator (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- General Assistant/Trolley Collector (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- General WorkerSecurity guards
- Grade 1Truck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 1Truck and courier drivers · Courier sector
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 1Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 1: CharMotor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 1: Forecourt AttendantMotor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 1: Forecourt AttendantMotor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 1: Parking Garage AttendantMotor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 2Truck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 2Truck and courier drivers · Courier sector
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 2Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 2: CashierMotor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 3Truck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 3Truck and courier drivers · Courier sector
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part B: operatives who may qualify for setting bonus
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 3Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 3: Vehicle GuardTruck and courier drivers · Cash-in-transit chamber
- Grade 4Truck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 4Truck and courier drivers · Courier sector
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part B: operatives who may qualify for setting bonus
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part B: operatives
- Grade 4Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 5Truck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 5Truck and courier drivers · Courier sector
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part B: operatives who may qualify for setting bonus
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part B: operatives
- Grade 5Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 5: CustodianTruck and courier drivers · Cash-in-transit chamber
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part B: operatives who may qualify for setting bonus
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 6Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 6: Abnormal Load DriverTruck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 6: Petroleum Tanker DriverTruck and courier drivers · General freight and furniture removal sectors
- Grade 7Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 7Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 7Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 7Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 7Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- Grade 8Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- HandymanSecurity guards
- Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Merchandiser/Shop Assistant/Checker/Deli Assistant (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Motor vehicle sales person (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Motor vehicle sales person (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Motor vehicle sales person (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Motor vehicle sales person (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 2nd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 3rd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 2nd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (during 3rd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Office, stores sales and clerical employee (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Operative Engine Assembler (1st 18 Months Experience)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Operative Engine Assembler (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Operative Grade A (1st 18 Months Experience)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Operative Grade A (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Operative Grade B (1st 6 Months Experience)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Operative Grade B (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments, special provisions for operatives
- Parts salesperson (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Parts salesperson (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Parts salesperson (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Parts salesperson (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Security Guard (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Security Guard (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Security Guard (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Security Guard (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Security Guard (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Security Guard (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Security Officer, Grade ASecurity guards
- Security Officer, Grade BSecurity guards
- Security Officer, Grades C, D and ESecurity guards
- Supervisor (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Supervisor (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Supervisor (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Supervisor (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Supervisor (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Supervisor (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Supply sales person (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Supply sales person (during 2nd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Supply sales person (during 3rd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Supply sales person (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Supply sales person (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Supply sales person (during 2nd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Supply sales person (during 3rd year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Supply sales person (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Task Grade 1Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 2Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 3Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 4Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 5Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 6Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 7Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 8Civil engineering workers
- Task Grade 9Civil engineering workers
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 1
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(2))Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(3)(a), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Trainee Manager (clause 2(3)(b), 27 hours or less)Shop and warehouse workers · Wholesale and Retail Sector, Table 2
- Traveller (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Traveller (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Office, sales and clerical employees (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Traveller (during 1st year of experience)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- Traveller (thereafter)Motor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), Division B employees
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Establishments not registered under Chapters II to V (Sectors 4, 5 and 7; excluding Sector 6 and Chapter III)
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Vehicle body building establishments
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Manufacturing establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Automotive engineering establishments
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Reconditioning establishments, Part A: miscellaneous
- WatchmanMotor industry workers · Sector 6 (dealers sales and distribution), other employees
- Workers employed on an expanded public works programmeThe national minimum wage · National minimum wage
Domestic workers
Anyone employed to work in a private home: housekeepers, gardeners, nannies, carers and household drivers.
See every rateFromR30.23 an hourFarm workers
Workers employed on a farm.
See every rateFromR30.23 an hourThe national minimum wage
Every worker in South Africa, with lower rates for expanded public works programme workers and learnership allowances.
See every rateFromR6,726 a monthSecurity guards
Security officers and other employees of private security businesses, under the private security sector’s bargaining council agreement.
See every rateFromR2,270.80 a weekTruck and courier drivers
Drivers and other employees in road freight, furniture removal, courier and cash-in-transit, under the road freight bargaining council agreement.
See every rateFromR30.23 an hourShop and warehouse workers
Employees in the wholesale and retail sector: cashiers, shop assistants, merchandisers, drivers, supervisors and managers.
See every rateFromR30.33 an hourContract cleaners
Employees of contract cleaning businesses, outside KwaZulu-Natal.
See every rateFromR32.40 an hourContract cleaners in KwaZulu-Natal
Employees of contract cleaning businesses in KwaZulu-Natal, under its contract cleaning bargaining council agreement.
See every rateFromR1,428.30 a weekMotor industry workers
Employees in the motor trade, from forecourt attendants and dealership staff to body building, engineering and reconditioning workshops, under the motor industry bargaining council agreement.
See every rateFromR57.03 an hourCivil engineering workers
Employees in the civil engineering industry, by task grade, under its bargaining council agreement.
See every rateHow minimum wages work
The national minimum wage is the floor for every worker. A sectoral determination sets minimums for one sector, such as wholesale and retail or contract cleaning. A bargaining council agreement binds the employers and unions that made it, and the Minister of Employment and Labour can extend it to every employer in the sector, which is what makes its rates the minimum for the whole sector. Where more than one applies, the higher one does. Rates in force on 16 November 2026 are shown, with the next increases where the gazette already gives them.
Source: the Government Gazette notices for each instrument, linked on each page. The tables are our wage tables dataset, the same records our API serves.
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