Security is one of South Africa's largest employment sectors. The industry employs over 500,000 registered officers nationally, with the Western Cape accounting for roughly 90,000 of those. If you're considering a career in security or trying to understand what you're being offered, here's a 2026 breakdown of what security officers actually earn. How security salaries are set in South Africa Security officer pay is set centrally through Sectoral Determination 6 (SD6), which is published in the G...