38 jobs in South Africa that pay more than R100,000 per month In 2023

Professional recruiting agency Robert Walters has released statistics from its 2023 South African Salary Survey, revealing which top occupations offer some of the highest wages in the country’s main professional areas.

According to Robert Walters, the professional environment in South Africa will evolve in 2022, with both employers and employees searching for different attributes in a post-Covid future.

While businesses want highly trained individuals with specialised expertise, employees seek firms with a positive corporate culture, competitive compensation, and, most crucially, flexible working hours.

This need stems from a fundamental change in work life in South Africa in recent years, when the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown launched a new era of remote working, with many employees now expecting to work from home or just come into the office a few times each week.

Bosses have voiced a wish for a more full-time work schedule to return, but analysts believe that the working world is unlikely to return to that style of conducting business. In addition, international corporations have embraced remote working, providing additional opportunity to tap into restricted pools of vital expertise throughout the world.

As has been well documented, South African firms are in desperate need of talents in practically every industry; nevertheless, as the Robert Walters poll demonstrates, skilled individuals are not assured a job.

In fact, the poll found a general surplus of talents in the financial, HR, and technology sectors as a whole, with only low to medium demand for applicants.

Accounting, finance, banking, and financial services experts were in high demand, with the business stating that it is “fairly easy” to get work in such fields. Meanwhile, the Human Resources, legal, and technology industries are seeing low demand, making it relatively simple to employ, according to Robert Walters.

Despite an apparent glut of experts in critical industries, individuals who are fortunate enough to find work will be well-rewarded and compensated.

The poll found 150 occupational titles in South Africa, with 81 of them paying more than R1 million per year. 52 of the roles offer beginning wages of R1 million, but you must have at least 4 years of experience to be considered.

According to the report, there are 38 occupations in the nation with beginning wages of R1.2 million per year, or R100,000 per month. According to the poll, the majority of these roles are designated for people with 8 to 10 years of experience or more.