SA Government headcount and average wage growth

The number of employees in national and provincial government is 19% higher than in 2006. Between 2006 and 2019, annual average compensation grew by 3 percentage points faster than CPI. Between 2020 and 2022, however, real wage growth was negative according to data from GTAC.

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