How much the average government employee is paid in South Africa

• The average government employee in South Africa earns R551,230.77 a year, putting the 1.3 million civil servants in the top 5% of earners in the country.
• South Africa's debt burden as a percentage of GDP has peaked at 78.4% and is beginning to decline for the first time since 2008.
• The National Treasury's data show that compensation of employees accounts for the largest share of non-interest expenditure, at 33.4% of the country's budget.