Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Feb 10, 2026
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Previous occupation grouped (PrevOccup)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
4633
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
11
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 111 |
2.4%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 114 |
2.5%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 240 |
5.2%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 442 |
9.5%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 822 |
17.7%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 17 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 552 |
11.9%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 286 |
6.2%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 1664 |
35.9%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 380 |
8.2%
|
| 11 | Other | 5 |
0.1%
|
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.