Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 1
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jul 08, 2025
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Main occupation grouped (Occup)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
16401
Invalid:
50028
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 1274 |
7.8%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 862 |
5.3%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 1405 |
8.6%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 1760 |
10.7%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 2924 |
17.8%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 75 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 1795 |
10.9%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 1302 |
7.9%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 4106 |
25%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 898 |
5.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 50028 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.