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Factory process worker in South Africa

Typical annual pay is about ZAR 114,485 (2025, grade C).

Data confidence: C — Harmonized international series

ILOSTAT ISCO major group (seed). Major-group relative to national mean using typical ILO structure.

https://ilostat.ilo.org/resources/concepts-and-definitions/classification-occupation/

p10
ZAR 49,572
p25
ZAR 88,039
median
ZAR 114,485
p75
ZAR 140,931
p90
ZAR 184,206

National all-employee mean: ZAR 155,550 (2025).

Purchasing-power peers

  1. Argentina276,923 intl$
  2. Belgium79,980 intl$
  3. Austria70,773 intl$
  4. Netherlands69,319 intl$
  5. Denmark67,627 intl$
  6. Norway65,660 intl$
  7. Finland58,070 intl$
  8. Italy56,222 intl$
  9. Switzerland54,231 intl$
  10. Singapore53,945 intl$
  11. France52,328 intl$
  12. United States52,282 intl$

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