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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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Feb 10, 2026

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Data file: QLFS202503

Overview

Valid: 4633

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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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.

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