2016 Engineering salaries in South Africa
CareerJunction has released its 2016 Salary Review, which provides insight into the average salaries of engineers in South Africa [See all non-IT salaries here].
The CareerJunction Salary Review has been compiled for South African job seekers and the recruitment industry, and provides an accurate representation of salaries in the country.
It contains up-to-date salary information based on salary offerings on the CareerJunction website for job postings between October 2015 and February 2016.
The salary ranges listed in the table below are based on salary offerings for skilled and senior candidates.
These salary ranges represent monthly cost-to-company remuneration, and serve as an indication of the average salary offerings for each occupation.
Engineering salaries in South Africa
The table below provides an overview of the average engineering salaries in South Africa.
Junior engineers are likely to earn less than the quoted figures, while senior engineers can expect to earn more that the salaries below.
| 2016 Engineering Salaries | |||
| Profession | Scale | Skilled | Senior |
| Chemical Engineering | From | R27,404 | R28,764 |
| To | R39,599 | R40,510 | |
| Civil Engineering | From | R30,799 | R42,088 |
| To | R42,153 | R54,516 | |
| Structural Engineering | From | R34,735 | R54,167 |
| To | R49,742 | R69,841 | |
| Electrical Engineering | From | R36,266 | R44,059 |
| To | R46,446 | R53,172 | |
| Electronic Engineering | From | R28,873 | R39,345 |
| To | R37,007 | R48,690 | |
| Industrial Engineering | From | R35,045 | R37,031 |
| To | R44,024 | R47,375 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | From | R38,910 | R51,458 |
| To | R49,439 | R61,434 | |
| Mining Engineering | From | R52,521 | – |
| To | R63,095 | – | |
| Project Engineering | From | R29,457 | R38,551 |
| To | R36,105 | R46,761 | |
Engineering salaries: Gauteng vs Western Cape vs KwaZulu-Natal
Average salary offerings for engineers are considerably lower in the Western Cape compared to salary offerings in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
This could possibly be due to a lower demand for skills in the Western Cape.
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