{"id":94132,"date":"2025-12-11T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/average-salary-in-south-africa-by-end-of-2025"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:13:51","slug":"average-salary-in-south-africa-by-end-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/average-salary-in-south-africa-by-end-of-2025","title":{"rendered":"Average Salary in South Africa by End of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Stats SA has published the latest Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for the third quarter of 2025, showing that the average salary in the country has hit a record high.<\/p>\n

The average salary paid to formal, non-agricultural workers in South Africa grew 0.3% quarter-on-quarter and 4.3% year-on-year to R29,490.<\/p>\n

The increase in earnings was driven by key industries, with the manufacturing industry experiencing the fastest growth.<\/p>\n

This was followed by the transport, construction and business services sectors. Trade, community services and electricity earnings declined in the quarter.<\/p>\n

On a year-on-year basis, the community services industry reported the largest annual increase at 6.1%, while the business services industry had the lowest growth at 2.1%.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the mining industry declined year-on-year by 0.8%.<\/p>\n

Notably, the community services industry includes the government and public service sector.<\/p>\n

Gross earnings paid to employees increased by R10.7 billion or 1,1% from R990 billion in June 2025 to just over R1 trillion in September 2025.<\/p>\n

This was due to increases in the business services, community services, mining, manufacturing, electricity and construction. Transport and trade reported a decrease in gross earnings.<\/p>\n

Year-on-year gross earnings increased by R31.2 billion or 3,2% between September 2024 and September 2025.<\/p>\n

Basic salary\/wages paid to employees increased by R7.8 billion or 0.9% from R903.4 billion in June 2025 to R911.2 billion in September 2025.<\/p>\n

Bonuses paid to employees increased by R6.2 billion or 10.9% from R56.7 billion in June 2025 to R62.9 billion in September 2025.<\/p>\n

Overtime paid to employees decreased by R3.3 billion or 11.1% from R29.9 billion in June 2025 to R26.6 billion in September 2025.<\/p>\n

While the quarter-on-quarter growth in earnings over the period was relatively flat, the year on year growth at 4.3% is markedly higher than inflation.<\/p>\n

This is a strong positive for salary earners in South Africa, marking real growth in earnings against the low inflation environment.<\/p>\n

Inflation is expected to average 3.5% in 2025, tracking much lower in the latter half of the year.<\/p>\n

Trouble for jons<\/b><\/p>\n

The QES marked an increase in employment over the quarter, but still recorded a drop in employment year-on-year.<\/p>\n

Total employment increased by 29,000 or 0.3% quarter-on-quarter, from 10.52 million in June 2025 to<\/p>\n

10.55 million in September 2025.<\/p>\n

This was due to increases in the community services (39,000 or 1.4%), trade (6,000 or 0.3%), and mining (5,000 or 1.1%) sectors.<\/p>\n

The electricity and transport sectors remained unchanged. However, there were decreases reported by the business services (-12,000 or -0.5%), manufacturing (-5,000 or -0.4%), and construction (-4,000 or<\/p>\n

-0.7%) sectors.<\/p>\n

Year-on-year, however, the picture was not as bright.<\/p>\n

Total employment decreased by 79,000 or -0.7% year-on-year between September 2024 and September 2025.<\/p>\n

Full-time employment decreased by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter, and by 0.8% year-on-year. Part-time employment increased by 4.6% quarter-on-quarter, but decreased 0.6% year-on-year.<\/p>\n

The data stands in contrast to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), which recorded an increase of 248,000 in the number of employed persons to 17.1 million in Q3.<\/p>\n

This saw the unemployment rate reduce from 33.2% in Q2 to 31.9% in Q3.<\/p>\n

The QES is an employer survey and tracks the number of jobs in the formal, non-agricultural sector. The QLFS is a labour survey and covers the entire South African workforce.<\/p>\n

The latest QLFS also included a host of definition changes to better capture the differences between the \u201cNot Economically Active\u201d population, and those \u201cOutside the Labour Force\u201d and the \u201cPotential labour force\u201d.<\/p>\n

While the changes impact the numbers shifting around the different categories, they don\u2019t necessarily impact the key differences between employed and unemployed, only the expanded definitions.<\/p>\n

Overall, the QLFS data indicates a positive turn in the overall workforce, while the QES points to strain in formal, non-agricultural employment.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Stats SA has published the latest Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for the third quarter of 2025, showing that the average salary in the country has hit a record high. The average salary paid to formal, non-agricultural workers in South Africa grew 0.3% quarter-on-quarter and 4.3% year-on-year to R29,490. 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