Salary trends revealed

If you think about it that's kinda logical, no disrespect but jobseekers need extra incentive to move to the northern cape apart from the abundance of minerals up there. Always knew we get shafted in cape town!
 
i can't work for those low wages! :eek:
 
I'm not sure this article has any real value. All it shows at the end of the day is that a few very specialized positions will attact a higher salary in the northern cape [kudo's to those who actually get it].
Without actually breaking it down into detail this has to be the most useless article ever.

Think about it, they might as well say that a surfing instructor in Thabazimbi will earn a higher salary than one in Durban. Does that mean that it's viable for surfers to move to Thabazimbi and reap the rewards of lots of cash?

Come on, let's get real! Who comes up with this PR crap?
 
Well let me know when you find a job offer section for surfers on CarreerJunction and then we can compare.
Its obviously talking about the corporate world and the point is to compare average salaries in different provinces. whats wrong with that?
The value is in knowing if I want to move down to Cape Town im going to need to expect to get offered less for the same job than in Jhb. And the Anomoly of the Northern Cape was explained as its mostly mining related.
 
ponder said:
Wtf works for a salary like that?
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Thats a good, solid, honest salary which i would guess about 80-90% of south africans don't even make. Agree its not much these days though :(
 
as mentioned, this is an abstracted relative scale. it is expressed this way to give joe public and indication of differences without having to do the maths themselves. it is not an absolute average of salaries across the regions.

the two rules of statistics in my mind are to state the source and state the sample size. unfortunately we don't know whether these were drawn from 10 people or 10 000...
 
I got the feeling it was an example ...
 
Wow, i didn't know cpt was not the only place to shaft people.. but then its also industry pending. e.g. IT in cpt = don't bother because there is an abundance of skilled(or should it be semi with a diploma) people.

What I find weird is that cpt is also very expensive to stay in, i.e. not food costs etc but the actual rental/property costs are higher.
 
krycor said:
Wow, i didn't know cpt was not the only place to shaft people.. but then its also industry pending. e.g. IT in cpt = don't bother because there is an abundance of skilled(or should it be semi with a diploma) people.

What I find weird is that cpt is also very expensive to stay in, i.e. not food costs etc but the actual rental/property costs are higher.
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thats true hey!!!!
 
PDonut said:
Well let me know when you find a job offer section for surfers on CarreerJunction and then we can compare.
Its obviously talking about the corporate world and the point is to compare average salaries in different provinces. whats wrong with that?
The value is in knowing if I want to move down to Cape Town im going to need to expect to get offered less for the same job than in Jhb. And the Anomoly of the Northern Cape was explained as its mostly mining related.
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So corporate world = one job in your view? If you want to be smart think about what you are saying.
This article does nothing to address the fact that certain job functions are specific to certain regions and as such will attract certain people with certain skillsets. So if you want to focus only on very specific skillsets and deduce from that that certain area's are paying better salaries then you are as misguided as your approach.
My point earlier, was that they really needed to supply a little more detail with regards to their findings and how they achieved it. If I pack up all my stuff and move to the northern cape, I guarntee you that I will NOT be able to earn the salary that I'm earning here, yet according to them I should be earning more there...

/Donuts all round I recon :)
 
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Sheesh.. I pay more tax than the average salary in this damn province :eek:

AND I still don't earn enough.....
 
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