Growth in headcount and average wages in SA

The number of workers employed in national and provincial government is more than 20% higher than in 2006. Between 2006 and 2019, annual average compensation grew by more than 3 percentage points faster than CPI. Between 2020 and 2023, however, real wage growth was negative according to data from GTAC.

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