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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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247 jobs

Common jobs

Every other job, A to Z

FromR30.23 an hour

Domestic workers

Anyone employed to work in a private home: housekeepers, gardeners, nannies, carers and household drivers.

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FromR30.23 an hour

Farm workers

Workers employed on a farm.

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FromR30.23 an hour

The national minimum wage

Every worker in South Africa, with lower rates for expanded public works programme workers and learnership allowances.

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FromR6,726 a month

Security guards

Security officers and other employees of private security businesses, under the private security sector’s bargaining council agreement.

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FromR2,270.80 a week

Truck and courier drivers

Drivers and other employees in road freight, furniture removal, courier and cash-in-transit, under the road freight bargaining council agreement.

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FromR30.23 an hour

Shop and warehouse workers

Employees in the wholesale and retail sector: cashiers, shop assistants, merchandisers, drivers, supervisors and managers.

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FromR30.33 an hour

Contract cleaners

Employees of contract cleaning businesses, outside KwaZulu-Natal.

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FromR32.40 an hour

Contract cleaners in KwaZulu-Natal

Employees of contract cleaning businesses in KwaZulu-Natal, under its contract cleaning bargaining council agreement.

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FromR1,428.30 a week

Motor 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.

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FromR57.03 an hour

Civil engineering workers

Employees in the civil engineering industry, by task grade, under its bargaining council agreement.

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How 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.

Check your staff’s pay

List your employees, pick each one’s job, hours and pay, and the sheet says who’s below the minimum, by how much, and what the next increase will be.

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