Employment - Graph 6. Formal, informal, domestic and agricultural employment in millions, with the employment ratio (a) and share of informal and domestic work in

The bulk of new jobs growth occurred in the services and retail, however (Graph 8), quarter-on-quarter manufacturing declined, but the data are not seasonally adjusted and the sector has generally seen net job losses from the first to the second quarter of each year. [...] Employment in agriculture, manufacturing, utilities and construction compared to the rest of the economy, 2008 to 2021, second quarter of 2022 first quarter of 2023 and second quarter 2023 Agriculture Manufacturing 7 000 14 Utilities Construction 6 000 Other (in millions - right axis) 12 5 000 10 4 000 8 3 000 6 2 000 4 1 000 2 - - Source: Calculated from Statistics South Africa. [...] The QLFS data suggest that while manufacturing job creation lagged far behind the rest of the economy in the first half of the 2010s, it has since largely kept pace. [...] Indices of employment in manufacturing and the rest of the economy from the QLFS and in formal manufacturing from the QES (Q1 2016 = 100)(a) Manufacturing QLFS Formal manufacturing QES Total ex manufacturing QLFS 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Note: (a) QLFS data for the second half of 2021 were severely affected by low respons. [...] THE REAL ECONOMY BULLETIN 4 thousands [Grab your reader’s attention with a great quote from the document or use this space to 477 000 Furniture, 472 000 and other 469 000 478 000 460 000 458 000 Transport 465 000 457 000 equipment 459 000 452 000 453 000 Machinery, 452 000 equipment 456 000 452 000 and appliances 463 000 462 000 455 000 Metals and 453 000 456 000 metal products 459 000 454 000 457.