Pretoria – The number of people employed in the formal non-agricultural sector increased by 47 000 (0.6 percent) between the December 2010 and March 2011 quarters, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
The number of people employed in this sector increased by about 47 000 persons from December 2010 to an estimated 8 298 000 employees in March 2011, said Stats SA in its March 2011 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey.
Gross earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased between the quarters ended December 2010 and March 2011.
“This reflects a quarterly decrease of R19 800 million (-5.9 percent) compared with the quarter ended December 2010.”
The QES showed that an estimated 8 298 000 people were employed in the formal non-agricultural sector, reflecting an annual increase of about 212 000 employees compared with an estimated 8 086 000 employees in March 2010.
Gross earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector increased between the quarters ended March 2010 and March 2011. The gross earnings paid to employees during the quarter ended March 2011 amounted to R318 099 million reflecting an annual increase of R26 896 million.
Average monthly earnings, including bonuses and overtime payments, paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased between November 2010 and February 2011.
The March 2011 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey reflects a quarterly decrease of 0.2 percent in average monthly earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector between November 2010 (an estimated R12 274) and February 2011 (an estimated R12 244).
Meanwhile, average monthly earnings, including bonuses and overtime payments, paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector increased between February 2010 and February 2011.
The QES survey reflected an annual increase of 9.3 percent in average monthly earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector between February 2010 and February 2011. – BuaNews
