Au Pair at Home bases salary recommendations on market-related research and also takes into consideration the Au Pair’s financial requirements. We will advise you of the expected salary required by the candidate you choose to employ.
Please also note we advise the below salaries as being ‘Take Home’ values. As an agency we match au pairs with families and can offer some guidelines. We are not the employers.
MONTHLY SALARIES FOR AU PAIRS – 2025
8 hours Monday – Friday R19150.00
7 hours Monday – Friday R16750.00
6.5 hours Monday – Friday R15550.00
6 hours Monday – Friday R14300.00
5.5 hours Monday – Friday R13160.00
5 hours Monday – Friday R12000.00
4.5 hours Monday – Friday R11100.00
4 hours Monday – Friday R10000.00
3.5 hours Monday – Friday R8600.00
3 hours Monday – Friday R8100.00
2.5 hours Monday – Friday R6700.00
Please note: any au pair working 2 hours or less per day (i.e. 10 or less hours per week) will have a salary calculated at the rate of R130 per hour.
2 hours Monday – Friday R5500.00
Daily Au Pairs (per hour)
Monday – Friday R130.00 per hour
Weekends and Public Holidays R135. 00 per hour
Stayover R310.00 per night
Other
Driving only (and not or part thereof) R250.00 per hour
Tutors R280.00 – R310.00 per hour
Facilitators R190 per hour
Night Nurse R810.00 per night
Full day during school holidays + extras
3 – 4 hours extra per day R1800.00
5 – 6 hours extra per day R2450.00
Extra hours during school holidays + early times during school exams + availability to collect sick children from school early/stay home with them. R4450
Petrol rate for 2025 R4.20/km
School holidays 2025:
28 March – 8 April (6)
27 June – 22 July (16)
3 October – 13 October (5)
12 December – 12 January (16) – 4 public holidays
Total Number of School holiday days in 2025 = 43
Public Holidays 2025
1 January 21 March 18 April 21 April
27 April 28 April 29 – 30 April (school holidays) 1 May
2 May (school holiday) 16 June 9 August 24 September
16 December 25 December 26 December
