According to research done by Futebolfinance.com, the Bafana Bafana head coach is joint ninth with the coaches of Australia, Ivory Coast and Bafana's Group A opponents, Mexico.
The Brazilian earns €1.2 million per year. The World Cup's top earner is England head coach, Fabio Capello, who pockets €8.8m.
The lowest earner is North Korea coach Kim Jong Hun, who is taking home €170, 000 per annum.
What World Cup coaches earn per year:
1. Fabio Capello (England) - €8.8m
2. Marcelo Lippi (Italy) - €3m
3. Joachim Low (Germany) - €2.5m
4. Lars Lagerback (Nigeria) - €2m
5. Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands) - €1.8m
6. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland) - €1.75m
7. Vicente Del Bosque (Spain) - €1.5m
8. Carlos Queiroz (Portugal) - €1.35m
9. Carlos Alberto Parreira (South Africa) - €1.2m
10. Pim Verbeek (Australia) - €1.2m
11. Sven Goran-Eriksson (Ivory Coast) - €1.2m
12. Javier Aguirre (Mexico) - €1.2m
13. Dunga (Brazil) - €800,000
14. Diego Maradona (Argentina) - €800,000
15. Takeshi Okada (Japan) - €800,000
16. Ricki Herbert (New Zealand) - €800,000
17. Otto Rehhagel (Greece) - €750,000
18. Paul Le Guen (Cameroon) - €650,000
19. Marcelo Bielsa (Chile) - €575,000
20. Raymond Domenech (France) - €560,000
21. Huh Jung-Moo (Korea Republic) - €405,000
22. Morten Olsen (Denmark) - €390,000
23. Milovan Rajevac (Ghana) - €365,000
24. Radomir Antic (Serbia) - €305,000
25. Bob Bradley (USA) - €275,000
26. Majtaz Kek (Slovenia) - €245,000
27. Gerardo Martino (Paraguay) - €245,000
28. Rabah Saadane (Algeria) - €245,000
29. Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras) - €240,000
30. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) - €215,000
31. Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay) - €205,000
32. Kim Jong-Hun (Korea DPR) - €170, 000
