Salary data for country: South Africa

Economy, Finance, Accountancy

Cost Accountant

Gross salary in South Africa is

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80% of people earn:

12K - 40K ZAR

10% earn less lthan 12K ZAR

10% earns more than 40K ZAR

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Cost Accountant position in the South Africa earn between 12,377 ZAR and 39,638 ZAR monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 12,377 ZAR and 10% of people earn more than 39,638 ZAR.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

Estimating costs of projects and/or products.
Providing support to senior management in deciding on future investments.
Collecting data and analysing factors affecting the final price.
Preparing overviews of project and/or product costs.
Cooperating with suppliers and members of other departments of the company.

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Position Cost Accountant - Economy, Finance, Accountancy in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

431. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

n/a

812. place

Receptionist

Administration

7,936 - 16,297 ZAR

432. place

Service Technician

Electrical & Power Engineering

13,342 - 38,224 ZAR

431. place

Cost Accountant

Economy, Finance, Accountancy

12,377 - 39,638 ZAR

430. place

Technician

Telecommunications

14,030 - 37,391 ZAR

1. place

IT Architect

Information Technology

36,302 - 168,377 ZAR

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