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Amount of hours worked per week by South Africans
Date: 1 August 2018 Category: Economics |
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We take a look at the latest quarterly labour force statistics as published by Statistics South Africa and focus on the working hours per week as reported by respondents.
Just how many hours do South Africans work per week and per month? We take a look below. |
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Hours worked per week.
The pie chart below shows the number and percentage of all people who reported that they worked during quarter 2 of 2018, and the amount of working hours they reported they worked for per week.
The summary below provides the number of people that worked during quarter 2 of 2018 as well as the number of working hours per week
The bulk of those employed (almost 57%) stated tat they worked between 40 and 45 hours per week. Which equates to between 160 and 180 hours a month. That is roughly 8 hours of work per day. Almost 29% of people reported that they worked more than 45 hours a week (or 9 hours a day).
- Working less than 15 hours per week: 341 769
- Working 15-29 hours per week: 1 082 333
- Working 30-39 hours per week: 1 101 483
- Working 40-45 hours per week: 9 156 146
- Working more than 45 hours per week: 4 606 073
The bulk of those employed (almost 57%) stated tat they worked between 40 and 45 hours per week. Which equates to between 160 and 180 hours a month. That is roughly 8 hours of work per day. Almost 29% of people reported that they worked more than 45 hours a week (or 9 hours a day).
Women
The pie chart below shows the number of women reporting their working hours according to the categories above. Of the 7.13million women employed in South Africa 57% reported to work between 40-45 hours a week. And roughly 21% reported to be working for more than 45 hours a week.
The summary below shows the number of employed woman and the category of working hours per week they reported to fall under.
- Working less than 15 hours per week 201 807
- Working 15-29 hours per week 691 859
- Working 30-39 hours per week 652 209
- Working 40-45 hours per week 4 037 607
- Working more than 45 hours per week 1 550 255
Men
The pie chart below shows the number of men reporting their working hours according to the categories above. Of the 9.15 million men employed in South Africa 56.2% reported to work between 40-45 hours a week. And roughly 33.4% reported to be working for more than 45 hours a week.
The summary below shows the number of employed woman and the category of working hours per week they reported to fall under.
While a large percentage of South Africans report to work for more than 9 hours a day (for both sexes it amounted to around 28% or 4.6 million people, the story of their long working days doesn't end there. The trip home is another time consumers with the average South African taking more than 30 minutes to get to the office, and another 30 minutes to get home from work. So one can safely add another hour of the day spent on commuting.
- Working less than 15 hours per week 139 962
- Working 15-29 hours per week 390 474
- Working 30-39 hours per week 449 274
- Working 40-45 hours per week 5 118 539
- Working more than 45 hours per week 3 055 818
While a large percentage of South Africans report to work for more than 9 hours a day (for both sexes it amounted to around 28% or 4.6 million people, the story of their long working days doesn't end there. The trip home is another time consumers with the average South African taking more than 30 minutes to get to the office, and another 30 minutes to get home from work. So one can safely add another hour of the day spent on commuting.