POLITICS

Employment: The CEE's racial breakdown

Government and private sector employees - by race and occupational level

The Commission for Employment Equity published the 11th CEE Annual Report on Wednesday. Employers were required to submit reports in August 2010 which had to include data on the race, gender and disability profile of their workforces. 18,534 reports were received of which 16,698 were analysed - covering 5,280,037 employees. The tables below are derived from the report. They give a breakdown by race and occupational level, of 'government' employees, 'private sector' employees and 'all' employees.

Table 1: Government employees by race and occupational level

 

Black

Coloured

Indian

White

Foreign National

Total

Top Management

1,543

237

119

403

15

2,317

66.6%

10.2%

5.1%

17.4%

0.6%

100.0%

Senior Management

6,247

863

714

2,921

78

10,823

57.7%

8.0%

6.6%

27.0%

0.7%

100.0%

Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management

55,442

13,458

4,439

19,613

1,153

94,105

58.9%

14.3%

4.7%

20.8%

1.2%

100.0%

Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents

300,458

48,602

11,135

57,876

1,741

419,812

71.6%

11.6%

2.7%

13.8%

0.4%

100.0%

Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making

243,736

40,230

6,988

13,716

411

305,081

79.9%

13.2%

2.3%

4.5%

0.1%

100.0%

Unskilled and defined decision making

100,345

16,734

1,260

1,184

88

119,611

83.9%

14.0%

1.1%

1.0%

0.1%

100.0%

Temporary employees

44,199

5,480

725

4,320

992

55,716

79.3%

9.8%

1.3%

7.8%

1.8%

100.0%

Total

751,970

125,604

25,380

100,033

4,478

1,007,465

74.6%

12.5%

2.5%

9.9%

0.4%

100.0%

 

Table 2: Private sector employees by race and occupational level

 

Black

Coloured

Indian

White

Foreign National

Total

Top
Management

3,845

1,698

2,753

30,608

1,208

40,112

9.6%

4.2%

6.9%

76.3%

3.0%

100.0%

Senior
Management

10,967

5,960

8,170

59,848

2,199

87,144

12.6%

6.8%

9.4%

68.7%

2.5%

100.0%

Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid- management

64,384

26,671

29,696

164,887

6,739

292,377

22.0%

9.1%

10.2%

56.4%

2.3%

100.0%

Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents

365,074

120,622

69,806

314,154

15,028

884,684

41.3%

13.6%

7.9%

35.5%

1.7%

100.0%

Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making

1,099,528

210,425

62,008

145,050

54,685

1,571,696

70.0%

13.4%

3.9%

9.2%

3.5%

100.0%

Unskilled and defined decision making

701,475

93,105

7,997

11,179

37,046

850,802

82.4%

10.9%

0.9%

1.3%

4.4%

100.0%

Temporary employees

398,670

69,884

18,308

48,480

10,415

545,757

73.0%

12.8%

3.4%

8.9%

1.9%

100.0%

Total

2,643,943

528,365

198,738

774,206

127,320

4,272,572

61.9%

12.4%

4.7%

18.1%

3.0%

100.0%

 

Table 3: All (private sector + govt) employees by occupational level and race

Black

Coloured

Indian

White

Foreign National

Total

Top Management

5,388

1,935

2,872

31,011

1,223

42,429

12.7%

4.6%

6.8%

73.1%

2.9%

100.0%

Senior
Management

17,214

6,823

8,884

62,769

2,277

97,967

17.6%

7.0%

9.1%

64.1%

2.3%

100.0%

Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid- management

119,826

40,129

34,135

184,500

7,892

386,482

31.0%

10.4%

8.8%

47.7%

2.0%

100.0%

Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents

665,532

169,224

80,941

372,030

16,769

1,304,496

51.0%

13.0%

6.2%

28.5%

1.3%

100.0%

Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making

1,343,264

250,655

68,996

158,766

55,096

1,876,777

71.6%

13.4%

3.7%

8.5%

2.9%

100.0%

Unskilled and defined decision making

801,820

109,839

9,257

12,363

37,134

970,413

82.6%

11.3%

1.0%

1.3%

3.8%

100.0%

Temporary employees

442,869

75,364

19,033

52,800

11,407

601,473

73.6%

12.5%

3.2%

8.8%

1.9%

100.0%

Total

3,395,913

653,969

224,118

874,239

131,798

5,280,037

64.3%

12.4%

4.2%

16.6%

2.5%

100.0%

Data source: Commission for Employment Equity, 11th CEE Annual Report, August 3 2011

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