University Salaries 2026: South Africa

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Academic Jobs, the higher education salary benchmark, based on 227,099 university job posts since January 1, 2026, drawn from millions of historical job posts.

University	Country	Professor median	Lecturer median	Live jobs
UCT	South Africa	R1,631,113	R1,090,742	18
Wits	South Africa	—	—	7
SU	South Africa	—	—	13
UJ	South Africa	—	—	6
UP	South Africa	—	—	32
UKZN	South Africa	—	—	7
RU	South Africa	—	—	0
UWC	South Africa	—	—	0
NWU	South Africa	—	—	0
UFS	South Africa	—	—	0
S.A. Film Academy	South Africa	—	—	0
CPUT	South Africa	—	—	0
NMU	South Africa	—	—	0
SACSA	South Africa	—	—	0
CESBM	South Africa	—	—	0
CUT	South Africa	—	—	0
IIE MSA	South Africa	—	—	0
Medical Research Council	South Africa	—	—	0
DUT	South Africa	—	—	0
UFH	South Africa	—	—	0
SHS	South Africa	—	—	0
Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy	South Africa	—	—	0
TUT	South Africa	—	—	0
MUT	South Africa	—	—	0
SPU	South Africa	—	—	0
University of Limpopo	South Africa	—	—	1
Munich School for Data Science (MUDS)	South Africa	—	—	0
NWU	South Africa	—	—	0
WSU	South Africa	—	—	0