Cape Town
MEDIUM · sourced, not yet live-verified
Pending live-verification. The source URLs have not yet been fetched and archived in this round; the city will return to a HIGH classification once that is done. Original rationale: Fairwork South Africa 2023 Ratings ("Advocating for safety, and dignity in the Platform Economy"). in Fairwork published reports list at fair.work/en/fw/fairwork-reports/. Oxford Internet Institute + WZB Berlin Social Science Center methodology. Evaluates Uber Eats, Mr D, Bolt rates. R45/hr × $0.054 USD/ZAR = $2.43.
Only HIGH-confidence cities carry a full verification audit. See the methodology for what each tier means.
Earnings (USD per hour)
Source: Fairwork South Africa ratings
What would you take home in Cape Town?
Take-home, weekly
n/a
Take-home, monthly
n/a
Gross, weekly
$80
Gross, monthly
$345
Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.
Cost of living vs. earnings
Pay vs. local labour market
Gross hourly is 69% of local minimum wage, 25% of local median.
Notes
Outside-of-center rent estimated as 70% of city-center rent pending Round D1 verification.
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See full source citations for this city on the sources page. Read about how each metric is computed in the methodology.
Primary earnings source: fair.work/en/fw/fairwork-reports/ · archived