The average take-home pay slowed for the third consecutive month in May 2025, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), with the group warning of major petrol price pain coming in the next two months.
The index, which tracks approximately 3.8 million salary earners in South Africa, showed that nominal average take-home pay declined to R17,296 in May, 1.3% lower than the R17,532 registered in April.
However, the figure is still significantly higher than the R15,903 recorded in May 2024.
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