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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- QLFS202503
Study field (Q18FIELD)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
5770
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
38
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture or Renewable natural resources | 72 |
1.2%
|
| 2 | Architecture or environmental design | 60 |
1%
|
| 3 | Arts; Visual or Performing | 88 |
1.5%
|
| 4 | Business; commerce and management studies | 1288 |
22.3%
|
| 5 | Communication | 107 |
1.9%
|
| 6 | Computer science | 172 |
3%
|
| 7 | Education; training or development | 981 |
17%
|
| 8 | Engineering or engineering technology | 717 |
12.4%
|
| 9 | Health care or health sciences | 548 |
9.5%
|
| 10 | Home economics | 46 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Industrial arts; traders or technology | 63 |
1.1%
|
| 12 | Languages; linguistic or literature | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Law | 189 |
3.3%
|
| 14 | Libraries or museums | 14 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Life sciences or physical sciences | 49 |
0.8%
|
| 16 | Mathematical sciences | 12 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | Military sciences | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | Philosophy; religion or theology | 42 |
0.7%
|
| 19 | Physical education or leisure | 14 |
0.2%
|
| 20 | Psychology | 63 |
1.1%
|
| 21 | Public administration or social services | 79 |
1.4%
|
| 22 | Social sciences or social studies | 43 |
0.7%
|
| 23 | Other | 162 |
2.8%
|
| 24 | Management | 111 |
1.9%
|
| 25 | Marketing | 62 |
1.1%
|
| 26 | Information technology and computer science | 112 |
1.9%
|
| 27 | Finance; economics and accounting | 159 |
2.8%
|
| 28 | Office administration | 54 |
0.9%
|
| 29 | Electrical infrastructure construction | 77 |
1.3%
|
| 30 | Civil engineering and building construction | 35 |
0.6%
|
| 31 | Engineering | 69 |
1.2%
|
| 32 | Primary agriculture | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Hospitality | 44 |
0.8%
|
| 34 | Tourism | 30 |
0.5%
|
| 35 | Safety in society | 39 |
0.7%
|
| 36 | Mechatronics | 9 |
0.2%
|
| 37 | Education and development | 45 |
0.8%
|
| 38 | Other | 74 |
1.3%
|
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.