Average monthly pay during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how average monthly pay changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Cyril Ramaphosa	15 Feb 2018 – now	+4.9% Q4 2017 → Q4 2025	+0.6%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. R per month, in today's money, formal non-farm employees · Statistics South Africa, Quarterly Employment Statistics (P0277): gross earnings over employees of formal non-agricultural businesses, per month, averaged over the last four quarters (December's bonuses), adjusted for inflation with the CPI; from the third quarter of 2009 · South Africa data · as of Oct 2026.