South Africa - Wage and salaried workers

Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 86.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.18 in 2014, while its lowest value was 76.89 in 2005.

Definition: Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 79.42
1992 79.22
1993 78.95
1994 78.70
1995 78.43
1996 78.27
1997 78.11
1998 77.94
1999 77.69
2000 77.36
2001 77.63
2002 77.82
2003 77.99
2004 78.93
2005 76.89
2006 77.25
2007 79.46
2008 84.01
2009 85.36
2010 85.35
2011 85.86
2012 86.92
2013 87.05
2014 88.18
2015 87.93
2016 87.66
2017 87.02
2018 87.46
2019 86.69

Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 81.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 81.27 in 2019.

Definition: Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 86.51
1992 86.23
1993 86.00
1994 85.78
1995 85.44
1996 85.36
1997 85.17
1998 84.82
1999 84.52
2000 84.36
2001 83.86
2002 83.31
2003 83.41
2004 83.17
2005 83.25
2006 82.26
2007 84.07
2008 84.19
2009 83.81
2010 83.27
2011 83.17
2012 82.83
2013 83.67
2014 84.10
2015 83.48
2016 82.76
2017 82.59
2018 82.05
2019 81.27

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 83.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.87 in 2014, while its lowest value was 80.30 in 2006.

Definition: Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 84.04
1992 83.77
1993 83.52
1994 83.26
1995 82.91
1996 82.78
1997 82.57
1998 82.25
1999 81.94
2000 81.70
2001 81.47
2002 81.26
2003 81.33
2004 81.52
2005 80.77
2006 80.30
2007 82.22
2008 84.11
2009 84.48
2010 84.15
2011 84.32
2012 84.58
2013 85.14
2014 85.87
2015 85.41
2016 84.88
2017 84.53
2018 84.43
2019 83.66

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity