Labour Employment
Labour Employment
     

The following is the statistics of people employed by sector in the Eastern Cape:

Industries

Numbers for 2008

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

51,685

Mining

3,542

Manufacturing

107,952

Food, beverages and tobacco

14,712

Textiles, clothing and leather goods

10,719

Wood and paper; publishing and printing

6,575

Petroleum products, chemicals, rubber and plastic

10,212

Other non-metal mineral products

4,407

Metals, metal products, machinery and equipment

14,579

Electrical machinery and apparatus

4,670

Radio, TV, instruments, watches and clocks

1,066

Transport equipment

34,227

Furniture and other manufacturing

6,785

Electricity & water

3,072

Electricity

2,191

Water

881

Construction

36,473

Wholesale & retail trade; catering and accommodation

121,162

Wholesale & retail trade

107,080

Catering and accommodation

14,081

Transport & communication

22,728

Transport

17,445

Communication

5,283

Finance and business services

115,833

Finance and insurance

28,289

Business services

87,543

Community, social and other personal services

281,781

Other government and social services

116,492

General government services

165,289

  

Formal and information employment

Statistics of people employed by skill:

Employment

Numbers for 2008

Formal an informal employment

902,004

Informal employment

157,774

Formal employment by skill

744,230

Formal employment by skill: highly skilled

96,731

Formal employment by skill: skilled

332,819

Formal employment by skill: semi- and unskilled

314,680