New data published by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) has revealed which workers in the country’s formal, non-agricultural sectors earn the highest average salaries.
Stats SA’s quarterly employment statistics are based on enterprise sample surveys drawn from private non-agricultural businesses such as factories, firms, offices and stores, and national, provincial and local government.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, gross earnings across all sectors increased by R44.3 billion to R827.3 billion compared to Q3 2021. Such increases were due to increases in bonus payments by R36.9 billion, basic salary/wages of R6.2 billion and increases in overtime payments by R1.3 billion. Employees in the community, social and personal service had the third-highest salary per month despite being the sector that employed the most people. This is due to the sector having the highest earnings of roughly R279 billion.
“Average monthly earnings were measured at R23,982 in the formal non-agricultural sector of the economy in November 2021,” said StatsSA.
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