Below follows a table of Public Service, SA National Defence Force, SA police Service and Correctional Service ranks.
The table shows how these relate to each other and show the minimum and maximum salaries for each rank level.
Public Service Grades and Salary Levels
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Grade
|
Salary
(wef July 1, 2008[1] and Sept 1 2008 (for members of the SMS))
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Civil Service
(Governed by Public Service Act)
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SANDF
(Governed by Defence Act)
|
Foreign Service
|
Police Service
(Governed by Police Service Act)
|
Correctional Service
(Governed by Correctional Service Act)
|
Comment
|
|
Senior Management Service (SMS)
|
|
|
Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
1,089,159-
1,226,937
|
Director General (DG)
(Secretary for Defence in DoD)
|
General/Admiral
|
Director General (DG)
|
Commissioner
|
Commissioner
|
|
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Deputy National Commissioner
|
Chief
Deputy
Commissioner
|
|
|
15
|
833,532-
938,979
|
Deputy Director General
|
Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral
|
Deputy Director General
|
Deputy Commissioner
|
Deputy Commissioner
|
|
|
14
|
675,276-819,492
|
Chief Director
|
Major General/Rear Admiral
|
Chief Director
|
Assistant Commissioner
|
Assistant Commissioner
|
|
|
13
|
557,133-
666,123
|
Director
|
Brigadier General/Rear Admiral (Junior Grade)
|
Director
|
Director
|
Director
|
|
|
Middle Management
Service (MMS)
|
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|
12
|
407,745-472,758 410,808-476,937[2]
|
Deputy Director
|
Colonel/Captain (Navy)
|
Deputy Director
|
Senior Superintendent
|
Deputy Director
|
|
|
11
|
344,052-398,805 346,590-402,381[3]
|
Deputy Director
|
Colonel/Captain (Navy)
|
Deputy Director
|
Senior Superintendent
|
Deputy Director
|
|
|
Junior management
|
|
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|
10
|
217,482-252,483
|
Assistant Director
|
Lieutenant Colonel/Commander
|
Assistant Director
|
Superintendent
|
Assistant Director
|
|
|
217,482-252,492[4]
|
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|
9
|
174,243-210,489
|
Assistant Director
|
Major/Lieutenant Commander
|
Assistant Director
|
Captain
|
Senior Correctional Officer
|
|
|
174,243-206,358[5]
|
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|
8
|
145,920-169,410
|
–
|
Captain/Lieutenant (Navy)
|
Senior Officer
|
Inspector
|
Correctional
Officer I
|
|
|
145,923-169,410
|
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|
7
|
117,501-137,976 119,397-140,001[6]
|
–
|
Lieutenant/Sub-Lieutenant (Navy)
|
Officer
|
Inspector
Sergeant
|
Correctional
Officer II
|
|
|
6
|
94,326-109,515 96,030-111,486[7]
|
–
|
2nd Lieutenant/Ensign (Navy)
|
Assistant Officer
|
Sergeant
Constable
|
Correctional Officer III
|
|
|
5
|
76,194-89,346 77,937-91,383[8]
|
–
|
|
–
|
Constable
|
Correctional Officer III
|
|
|
4
|
64,410-74,772 65,880-76,485[9]
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
|
3
|
54,879-63,717 56,139-65,172[10]
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
|
2
|
47,787-53,316 48,879-54,531[11]
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
|
1
|
42,663-53,316 43,638-48,637[12]
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
|
Grade
|
Salary
|
Civil Service
(Governed by Public Service Act)
|
Foreign Service
|
Police Service
(Governed by Police Service Act)
|
SANDF
(Governed by Defence Act)
|
Correctional Service
(Governed by Correctional Service Act)
|
Comment
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Warrant Officers
|
|
|
|
10
|
217,482-252,492
|
|
|
|
Warrant Officer 1
|
|
|
|
9
|
174,243-206,358
|
|
|
|
Warrant Officer 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Non Commissioned Officers
|
|
|
|
8
|
145,923-169,410
|
|
|
|
Staff/Flight Sergeant
Chief Petty Officer
|
|
|
|
7
|
119,397-140,001[13]
|
|
|
|
Sergeant/Petty Officer
|
|
|
|
6
|
96,030-111,486[14]
|
|
|
|
Corporal/Leading Seaman
|
|
|
|
5
|
77,937-91,383
|
|
|
|
Lance Corporal/Able Seaman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No rank
|
|
|
|
4
|
65,880-76,485
|
|
|
|
Private/Seaman
|
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