Shocking pay difference between black and white professionals in South Africa

[BusinessTech]

Shocking pay difference between black and white professionals in South Africa

New data shows a massive difference between the median pay of black and white professionals in South Africa.

 

[azbob]

Title of final graph is incorrect. Should be Higher not Lower.

Also inb4/ white people cant get jobs, BEE, cANCer, basically anything freddster has to say.

 

[supersunbird]

White males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R21,700 per month, while white males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R30,453 per month.

:erm:

 

[koeksGHT]

White males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R21,700 per month, while white males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R30,453 per month.

wut

 

[Sinbad]

This story seems to be slanted.
Is median really the right measure? Mean would be more meaningful.
Not to mention the absolute garbage errors.

Typical mybb "journalism" of late.

 

[skimread]

Didn't know carr guards, taxi drivers and gardeners are called professionals

 

[Bobbin]

Title of final graph is incorrect. Should be Higher not Lower.

Also inb4/ white people cant get jobs, BEE, cANCer, basically anything freddster has to say.

My one theory has always been that those policies force whites to be more competitive Essentially they backfire...

 

[MrGray]

They need to define "professionals". Because by most definitions I find it unlikely that degreed professionals of any race would have a median salary of R9k. Assuming we're talking about lawyers, doctors, accountants and not anybody who works at a desk.

 

[Azg]

White males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R21,700 per month, while white males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R30,453 per month.

wut

If you look at the graphs it should read "White males working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R21,700 per month, while white male professionals working in the formal sector could expect to earn a median salary of R30,453 per month."

 

[CruelBreeze]

This story seems to be slanted.
Is median really the right measure? Mean would be more meaningful.
Not to mention the absolute garbage errors.

Typical mybb "journalism" of late.

Disagree. In this case I find the median more informative than the mean. Its no use saying that group x has a mean salary of 23200 when the data looks more like
R1000, R2000, R3000, R50 000, R60 000.

 

[Foxhound5366]

They need to define "professionals". Because by most definitions I find it unlikely that degreed professionals of any race would have a median salary of R9k. Assuming we're talking about lawyers, doctors, accountants and not anybody who works at a desk.

Yup ... if black male professionals earn on average R9k, I'd LOVE to know where the term "black diamond" came from. It must be only black rocket scientists we see driving around in the nice expensive cars all the time then.

 

[Alan]

So Malema is right. White monopoly capital is all too real

 

[Foxhound5366]

So Malema is right. White monopoly capital is all too real

I don't think Malema purchased his Breitling on a professional salary of R9000/month.

 

[Dan C]

Only professional I have is Windows 10 pro , does it mean I can earn R20k pm ?

 

[CruelBreeze]

Yup ... if black male professionals earn on average R9k, I'd LOVE to know where the term "black diamond" came from. It must be only black rocket scientists we see driving around in the nice expensive cars all the time then.

Where in the definition of "black diamond" (which is an offensive term imo) is there a salary scale? And like Sinbad pointed out these are medians not averages. If 50% of black professionals earn more than 9k, it leaves plenty room for the number of flashy cars on the roads that everyone on this forum so likes to mention.

 

[BlackMamba]

How do they come up with this figures really? I wish I could earn that high for a black male.

 

[cguy]

They need to define "professionals". Because by most definitions I find it unlikely that degreed professionals of any race would have a median salary of R9k. Assuming we're talking about lawyers, doctors, accountants and not anybody who works at a desk.

Agreed. I would like to know what job the R3000/m "professionals" are actually doing. My guess is that the results are skewed because the actual work being done is in fact completely different.

 

[The Voice]

Agreed. I would like to know what job the R3000/m "professionals" are actually doing. My guess is that the results are skewed because the actual work being done is in fact completely different.

R3000/m? Car guards and waiters make more than that.

 

[Messugga]

Agreed. I would like to know what job the R3000/m "professionals" are actually doing. My guess is that the results are skewed because the actual work being done is in fact completely different.

I'd pay my damn house keeper more than that, if she clocked 40 hours a week. She works a quarter of that and still earns around half of that R3k. These "results" are trash.

 

[freddster]

Title of final graph is incorrect. Should be Higher not Lower.

Also inb4/ white people cant get jobs, BEE, cANCer, basically anything freddster has to say.

Shame apeso , as bobbin said. Despite laws giving an advantage whites still flip them the bird. Why, they work hard, I know of people who are married with children, yet they still study for the next degree. Unlike some people who sit with their hand in a bowl and want to let everything fall in.