South Africa - Wage & Salaries




South Africa: Wage & Salaries

Mnemonic YPEWS.IZAF
Unit ZAR, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Quarterly 7.23 %
Data 2019 Q4 776,401,385,766
2019 Q3 724,080,878,859

Series Information

Source Statistics South Africa (Statistics SA)
Release Quarterly Employment Statistics
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 6/30/2006
End Date 12/31/2019

South Africa: Labor

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Agriculture Employment 2019 Q4 885,210 879,691 #, NSA Quarterly
Labor Force 2019 Q4 23,146,402 23,108,716 #, NSA Quarterly
Labor Force Employment 2019 Q4 16,420,268 16,375,008 #, NSA Quarterly
Total Employment 2019 Q4 10,215,242 10,197,545 #, NSA Quarterly
Unemployment 2019 Q4 6,726,134 6,733,707 #, NSA Quarterly
Unemployment Rate 2019 Q4 29.1 29.1 %, NSA Quarterly
Wage & Salaries 2019 Q4 776,401,385,766 724,080,878,859 ZAR, NSA Quarterly

Release Information

Description

Statistics South Africa (Statistics SA) reports quarterly data on the number of employees by industry and gross earnings by industry.

Methodology

Publication: P0277 - Quarterly Employment Statistics 

Samples for the Quarterly Employment Statistics publication are collected from private non-agricultural businesses as well as national, provincial and local government entitities. Non-agricultural businesses include stores, offices, firms, and factories. 

Industries are defined based off of the System of National Accounts (SNA). Industries covered are: 

  1. Mining and quarrying
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Electricity, gas adn water supply
  4. Construction
  5. Wholesale and retal trade; repar of moto vehicles, motor cycles and personal and household goods; and hotes and restaurants 
  6. Transport, storage and communication
  7. Financial intermediation, insurance, real estate and business services
  8. Community, social and personal services
In addition, these industry definitions follow the Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC), Fifth Edition.

Revisions

Data is subject to revisions.

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