Minimum wage in South Africa
The historical minimum wage in South Africa from 2019. The National Minimum Wage Act came into effect on 1 January 2019. The rates are per hour in ZAR.
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The data
8 rows, 6 columns.
- effective_date Date
- Effective date of rate change 2019-01-01 – 2026-03-01
- year Year
- Year of rate change 2019 – 2026
- general_rate Number
- General rate (ZAR/hour) 20 – 30.23
- farm_worker_rate Number
- Farm worker rate (ZAR/hour) 18 – 30.23
- domestic_worker_rate Number
- Domestic worker rate (ZAR/hour) 15 – 30.23
- epwp_rate Number
- Expanded works programme rate (ZAR/hour) 11 – 16.62
Latest rows
| effective_date | year | general_rate | farm_worker_rate | domestic_worker_rate | epwp_rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | 2026 | 30.23 | 30.23 | 30.23 | 16.62 |
| 2025-03-01 | 2025 | 28.79 | 28.79 | 28.79 | 15.83 |
| 2024-03-01 | 2024 | 27.58 | 27.58 | 27.58 | 15.16 |
| 2023-03-01 | 2023 | 25.42 | 25.42 | 25.42 | 13.97 |
| 2022-03-01 | 2022 | 23.19 | 23.19 | 23.19 | 12.75 |
| 2021-03-01 | 2021 | 21.69 | 21.69 | 19.09 | 11.93 |
| 2020-03-01 | 2020 | 20.76 | 18.68 | 15.57 | 11.42 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2019 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 |
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