The 22 jobs where you can earn

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The 22 jobs where you can earn R1 million a year or more in South Africa

Must be nice.

The 22 jobs where you can earn

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We all know about the hustle of making money in tough economic times. Inflation, data costs, taxes, food prices… everything is expensive.

And yet, there are people who can willy-nilly drop some big coin on property. Who are these people?!

Well,  Salary Explorer – a salary comparison and career resource group – might have some answers. They recently listed 22 jobs 2 in South Africa that come with a total remuneration package over R1 million a year.

Needless to say, people in executive and managerial positions earn the best – averaging around R60 580 per month. At the top of the list is the job of chief investment officers, with an average salary of R1.68 million a year.

This was followed by a legal services director (R1.55 million) and an IT director (R1.49 million).

While Salary Explorer doesn’t tell us which sectors these jobs are in, we can safely assume that you’d be paid pretty well if you work one of these gigs – since their calculations make use of an average.

Somewhat amazingly, neurosurgeons are only fifth on the list. But don’t worry if years and years of complicated studying isn’t your thing – landing a gig as an assistant to a CEO will also pay you a pretty penny.

Now, we’re not going to harp on about this too much, but isn’t it sad that our nurses, teachers and police officers – don’t feature on this list? Call us utopian socialists, but these are the people who should be rewarded for their thankless, gruelling and often dangerous work.

But alright, we live in a capitalist wonderland, so of course exec types are gonna coin it. Hopefully the folks in these top jobs are using their powers for good and creating employment opportunities.

The South African jobs that pay over R1 million a year

All figures below are listed as ZAR.

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