Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Feb 10, 2026

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Status in employment by type of authority-5 main categories, (ICSE-18) (Ste_icse18_authority)

Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 16006

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Employers	731	4.6%
2	Own-account workers	1704	10.6%
3	Dependent contractors	637	4%
4	Employees	12872	80.4%
5	Contributing family workers	62	0.4%

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.

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