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Table 3-10 Average Salaries paid to Craft workers in the Construction Industry Number 1996 values 2000 values in sample Monthly Monthly Annual Western Cape 51,497 1,752 2,370 28,438 Eastern Cape 25,579 1,261 1,705 20,463 Northern Cape 6,359 1,076 1,456 17,470 Free State 22,334 1,148 1,553 18,635 KwaZulu-Natal 51,749 1,521 2,058 24,690 North West 28,736 1,192 1,612 19,341 Gauteng 106,193 1,749 2,366 28,386 Mpumalanga 30,254 1,193 1,614 19,365 Northern Province 32,513 1,092 1,477 17,729 Source: SA Community Profile - Census 1996. Extracted with Super Table 3.40 Figure 3.10 records the number of craft workers by income category for the nine provinces. With the exception of the Western Cape and the Northern Province, the other seven province show a similar wage distribution and one that coincides with the national distribution shown above. In the Western Cape, and to a more limited extent Gauteng, we find that the most common (unadjusted) wages paid to craft workers is R1000 to R1500 a month. This compares to the most common wage at a national level of R500 to R1000 a month. In the Northern Province, in contrast, there are as many craft workers earning R200 to R500 a month as there are earning R500 to R1000. Figure 3-10 Number of Craft workers per income category in the Construction Industry 35000 30000 Number of craft workers 25000 20000 15000 10000 Western Cape Eastern Cape Northern Cape Free State KwaZulu-Natal North West Gauteng Mpumalanga Northern Province 5000 0 R1 - R200 R201 - R500 R501 - R1000 R1001 - R1500 R1501 - R2500 R2501 - R3500 R3501 - R4500 R4501 - R6000 Rands per month, 1996 values Source: 1996 census - unadjusted data 19
3.41 Table 3.11 reports on the provincial distribution of labourers and average salaries paid. In contrast to all other occupations reported in this section, the Western Cape boasts the greatest number of construction labourers – nearly 30,000 in 1996. Gauteng is less than half this number – a little under 14,000. Average wages varied between R20,000 a year in Gauteng (2000 values), R17,500 in the Western Cape and a lowest average in the Northern Cape of R14,000. Table 3-11 Average Salaries paid to 'elementary occupations' 1 in Construction Unadjusted Averages Number 1996 values 2000 values in sample Monthly Monthly Annual Western Cape 29,237 1,080 1,460 17,524 Eastern Cape 8,159 925 1,251 15,009 Northern Cape 2,246 878 1,188 14,252 Free State 4,497 1,071 1,449 17,391 KwaZulu-Natal 9,604 952 1,288 15,456 North West 4,687 1,026 1,388 16,654 Gauteng 13,971 1,257 1,701 20,409 Mpumalanga 4,854 1,044 1,412 16,949 Northern Province 5,191 1,050 1,420 17,036 Source: SA Community Profile - Census 1996. Extracted with Super Table Note: 'Elemenetary occupations' is a census definition . It is made up of semi and unskilled labour. 3.42 Figure 3.11 illustrates the distribution of wages in the elementary occupations in the construction industry. With the possible exception of the Northern Province, we find little difference in the distribution of wages paid to construction labourers with the most common wage paid ranging from R500 to R1000 a month. In the Northern Province there are more or less as many labourers earning between R200 and R500 a month as there are earning between R500 and R1000 and between R1000 and R1500. We suspect there is a problem with the underlying data. 3.43 It will be clear that the data problems that were encountered in determining average national salaries – labourers and craft workers reporting to have been paid similar wages – are also being found in the provincial results. The only exception to this is the Western Cape were salaries differences between craft workers and labourers are those than were intuitively expected. Hence the same correction procedure was applied to the provincial data to determine a range of potential salaries between two extreme positions. These adjustments are reported in Table 3.12 below. 20
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