Statistics South Africa has published the latest Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for Q1 2022 showing what workers are getting paid across the various sectors in the country.
The data shows the average monthly earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased by 1.4% from R23,828 in November 2021 toTotal gross earnings paid to employees decreased by R28.2 billion or -3,4% from R827.3 billion in December 2021 to R799.1 billion in March 2022. This was largely due to decreases in the community services, manufacturing, transport, trade, construction and electricity sectors.
The annual growth in the monthly estimate of employment numbers indicates the return of casual and weekly workers, and that most of the vulnerable sectors in the Covid-19 pandemic, such as tourism and entertainment, are making a comeback. More firms are hiring people at the lower end of the salary scale for new employment opportunities.
In the current economic context, we can deduce that this pattern has emerged from the employment growth within a specific sector or the expanding pool of younger, inexperienced employees in the overall economy, said BankservAfrica.The QES data reflects the number of people receiving salaries, and does not reflect employment/unemployment trends, which is covered by the Quarterly Labour Force Survey.shows that the official unemployment rate was 34.5% in the first quarter of 2022, from 35.
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