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Pretoria Β· 2026-09-28

Capital location. General national rules are used where applicable; this is not a national average.

Intelligence Hours Index
10h 48m

Gross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.

Time, made visible1 bar = 8 hours
1.35 workdays8h is a visual unit, not a legal working day.

Behind the number

Monthly USD price
$20
Hourly minimum wage
ZAR 30.23
Local currency per USD
16.3294
Reference FX date
2026-09-28
Wage effective / source-reference date
2026-03-01
Last wage verification
2026-09-28
Data status
verified
Service availability
Not yet verified

US list price Β· before taxes Β· gross minimum wage

General ordinary-hour minimum, including farm and domestic workers. Expanded public works and learnership allowances excluded.

Official gross hourly rate; no monthly or daily conversion.

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Regional comparison

One country, local realities.

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RegionHours of workHourly wage, localStatus
Pretoria10h 48m30.23verified
Actual observations only

A history that starts with evidence.

The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.

Recorded data table
DateHoursRevision
2026-09-2810.8034402911023
Monthly plans

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PlanUSD/monthHours
ChatGPT Go84h 19m
ChatGPT Plus2010h 48m
ChatGPT Pro β€” More200108h 02m
Claude Pro2010h 48m
Claude Max β€” 5Γ—10054h 01m
Google AI Plus4.992h 42m
Google AI Pro19.9910h 48m
Google AI Ultra β€” 5Γ—99.9954h 01m
Google AI Ultra β€” 20Γ—199.99108h 02m
SuperGrok3016h 12m
SuperGrok Plus10054h 01m
Kimi Plus1910h 16m
Kimi Pro3921h 04m
Kimi Max9953h 29m
Kimi Ultra199107h 30m
Source trail

Every input has a source.

chatgpt-plus Β· verified 2026-09-28

ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

claude-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

google-ai-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

ZA-CAP Β· verified 2026-09-28

Official rate: 30.23 ZAR per hour from 2026-03-01. General ordinary-hour minimum, including farm and domestic workers. Expanded public works and learnership allowances excluded.

Observation ZA-CAP-2026-03-01-30.23. Source za-gazette. Approved 2026-09-28.

Approved wage changes

What changed, and when.

Effective / reference datePublished rateState
2026-03-0130.23 ZAR / hourPublished observation