Minimum Wages for Domestic Workers Increased

This year’s new minimum wages for all domestic workers are set out in the table at the end of this article.

Who is covered?

• All domestic workers in South Africa working in a private household
• People employed by employment services
• Independent contractors who are doing domestic work
• A person doing gardening in a private home
• People who look after children, sick or old people and people with disabilities in a private home
• A person driving for the household

But excluding –

• Domestic workers employed on farms
• Domestic workers employed in activities covered by another sectoral determination or bargaining council agreement (such as contract cleaning workers).

Are you in Area A or Area B?

Area A includes most major metropolitan areas; Area B is all other areas. See the full lists on the Department of Labour website.