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South Africa: Monthly minimum wage

4776.85Local currency · 2024+92.4% since 2014

ILOSTAT EAR_INEE_NOC_NB. Monthly minimum wage (Local currency). Annual figures for South Africa from 2003 to 2024.

20032024

Every year

YearValue (Local currency)Note
20244,776.85
20234,402.74
20224,058.25
20213,795.75
20203,633
20193,500
20183,307.5
20173,090.5
20162,871.75
20152,707.25
20142,483.25
20132,290.75
20122,140.25
20111,972.25
20101,907.5
20091,947
20081,737
20071,595
20061,505
20051,425
20041,310
20031,204

Source

Published by ILO, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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ILO (2026). Monthly minimum wage. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ilo-ear-inee-noc-nb-lc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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