According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES, Q3:2022) survey released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), total employment in the formal non-agricultural sector increased by 10 000 in the third quarter of 2022, bringing the level of total employment to approximately 10 million. The survey showed that jobs increased by 31 000 between September 2021 and September 2022.

Total employment increased by 10 000 quarter-on-quarter, from 9 974 000 in June 2022 to     9 984 000 in September 2022. The industries that contributed to the increase were business services (31 000), trade (10 000), construction (8 000), mining (5 000), transport (4 000) and manufacturing (1 000).

However, there was a decrease of 49 000 in the community services industry.

Total employment increased by 31 000 year-on-year between September 2021 and September 2022.

Full-time employment increased by 36 000 since the last quarter; from 8 837 000 in June 2022 to 8 873 000 in September 2022. Increases in the business services (15 000), trade (12 000), mining (5 000), transport (2 000), community services (2 000), and construction (1 000) industries contributed towards the upward trend.

However, there was a decrease in the manufacturing industry (-1 000), whilst the electricity industry reported no change.

Full-time employment decreased by 16 000 year-on-year between September 2021 and September 2022.

Part-time employment decreased by 26 000 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 community services (-51 000) and trade (-2 000).

However, there were increases reported in the following industries: business services (16 000), construction (7 000), transport (2 000), and manufacturing (2 000). Electricity industry reported no change.

Part-time employment increased by 47 000 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 (R9,7 billion or 4,6%), mining (R3,3 billion or 7,8%), manufacturing (R1,2 billion or 1,5%), trade (R1,1 billion or 0,9%), and electricity (R127 million or 1,5%). However, there were decreases in the following industries: transport (-R2,6 billion or -6,7%), construction (-R1,1 billion or -3,4%), and community services (-R583 million
or -0,2%).

Year-on-year total gross earnings increased by R17,5 billion or 2,2% between September 2021 and September 2022.

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 (R3,3 billion), trade (R2,7 billion), business services (R2,5 billion), community service (R2,2 billion), manufacturing (R1,2 billion), transport (R463 million), and electricity (R206 million). However, the construction industry reported a quarterly decrease of R666 million.

Year-on-year, basic salary/wages increased by R17,8 billion or 2,5% between September 2021 and September 2022.

Bonuses paid to employees decreased by R662 million 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 (-R3,0 billion), community services (-R2,5 billion), trade (-R1,3 billion), manufacturing (-R299 million), construction (-R265 million), and electricity (-R9,0 million). However, the business services industry reported a quarterly increase of R6,7 billion.

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 R293 million 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: trade (-R323 million), community services (-R315 million), construction (-R216 million), electricity (-R70 million), and transport (-R32 million). However, there were increases in the following industries: business services (R395 million) and manufacturing (R268 million).

Year-on-year, overtime payments increased by R2,0 billion or 9,6% between September 2021 and September 2022.

There was a quarter-on-quarter increase of 0,6% in average monthly earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector from R24 668 in May 2022 to R24 813 in August 2022. AME increases were reported in mining (7,1%), followed by manufacturing (1,6%), electricity (1,5%), business services (1,1%), transport (0,9%), and trade (0,7%). There were quarterly decreases reported in construction and community services with 6,0% and 0,6% respectively.

The year-on-year average monthly earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector increased by 3,8%.

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