South Africa is a country with a lot of job opportunities, but it is not easy to find the right one. So, it is important to know what the market offers before you decide on your career path. Here are the highest-paying jobs in South Africa.
Specialist doctor
A specialist doctor in South Africa can make anywhere between R1 – R4 million for a full-time job. This includes salaries, allowances, and bonuses.
Technical and Business Architect
South Africa has a high demand for technical and business architects. Technical and Business Architects in South Africa make the most money. They are usually employed by large organizations and companies with a lot of resources. Most of them earn over 900,000 rands.
Petroleum Engineer
Petroleum Engineers are the highest paid among all the jobs in South Africa and earn a salary ranging from 700K to 1M rand. Petroleum engineers develop, operate, and maintain oil and gas drilling rigs that extract petroleum from the ground. They also work with other engineers to determine how much petroleum can be extracted from a given site before it is depleted.
Industrial Engineer
Industrial engineers handle the design and production of products, tools, and systems in the industry. They are paid for their skills and their salary can range from R663,539 to 1M rands.
Industrial engineers have a wide range of opportunities available to them, including working as a consultant or in research and development. They can also work as an engineer at manufacturing company or as an engineer-in-training at a manufacturing company.