Key findings: P0277 - Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES), September 2022
Total employment increased by 10 000 or 0,1% quarter-on-quarter, from 9 974 000 in June 2022 to 9 984 000 in September 2022. This was largely due to increases in the following industries: business services (31 000 or 1,3%), trade (10 000 or 0,5%), construction (8 000 or 1,5%), mining (5 000 or 1,0%), transport (4 000 or 1,0%) and manufacturing (1 000 or 0,1%). The electricity industry reported no quarterly change. However, the community services industry reported a quarterly decrease of 49 000 employees or -1,7%.
Total employment increased by 31 000 or 0,3% year-on-year between
September 2021 and September 2022.
Full-time employment increased by 36 000 or 0,4% quarter-on-quarter, from 8 837 000 in June 2022 to 8 873 000 in September 2022. This was largely due to increases in the following industries: business services (15 000 or 0,7%), trade (12 000 or 0,6%), mining (5 000 or 1,0%), transport (2 000 or 0,5%), community services (2 000 or 0,1%), and construction (1 000 or 0,2%). The electricity industry reported no quarterly change. However, the manufacturing industry reported a quarterly decrease of 1 000 employees or -0,1%.
Full-time employment decreased by 16 000 or -0,2% year-on-year between
September 2021 and September 2022.
Part-time employment decreased by 26 000 or -2,3% quarter-on-quarter,
from 1 137 000 in June 2022 to 1 111 000 in September 2022. This was largely
due to decreases in the following industries: community services (-51 000 or
-9,5%) and trade (-2 000 or -0,9%). The electricity industry reported no
quarterly change. However, there were increases in the following
industries: business services (16 000 or
7,2%), construction (7 000 or 10,9%), transport (2 000 or 12,5%) and
manufacturing (2 000 or 2,6%).
Part-time employment increased by 47 000 or 4,4% year-on-year between
September 2021 and September 2022.
Gross earnings paid to employees increased by R11,1 billion or 1,4% from
R789,4 billion in June 2022 to R800,5 billion in September 2022. This was
largely due to increases in the following industries: business services,
mining, trade, manufacturing and electricity. However, there were decreases in
the following industries: transport, construction and community services.
Basic salary/wages paid to employees increased by R12,0 billion or 1,7%
from R719,2 billion in June 2022 to R731,2 billion in September 2022. This was
largely due to increases in the following industries: mining, trade, business
services, community service, manufacturing, transport and electricity. However,
the construction industry reported a quarterly decrease.
The year-on-year basic salary/wages increased by R17,8 billion or 2,5%
between September 2021 and September 2022.
Bonus paid to employees decreased by R0,6 billion or -1,3% from R47,2
billion in June 2022 to R46,6 billion in September 2022. This was largely due
to decreases in the following industries: transport, community services, trade,
manufacturing, construction and electricity. However, the business services
industry reported a quarterly increase.
The year-on-year bonus payments decreased by R2,3 billion or -4,7%
between September 2021 and September 2022.
Overtime paid to employees decreased by R0,3 billion or -1,3% from R23,0
billion in June 2022 to R22,7 billion in September 2022. This was largely due
to decreases in the following industries: community services, trade,
construction, electricity and transport. However, there were increases in the
following industries: business services and manufacturing.
The year-on-year overtime payments increased by R2,0 billion or 9,6%
between September 2021 and September 2022.