Formal Sector Employment and Earnings Survey 2016/2017
Tanzania, 2016 - 2017
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TZA-2016-FSEES-v01-M
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Identification
Survey ID Number
TZA-2016-FSEES-v01-M
Title
Formal Sector Employment and Earnings Survey 2016/2017
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Zanzibar, Tanzania | TZA |
Study type
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Series Information
The Formal Sector Employment and Earnings Survey (FSEES) reports are series of annual publications produced by Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS)
Abstract
Formal Employment and Earnings is an annual survey conducted by the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Labour Statistics Unit under Social Statistics Section. The main objective of the survey is to provide information on employment and earnings of employees to be used for planning, policy formulation, and in decision-making processes. The specific objectives were to obtain the total number ofemployees of formal establishments from both government and private sectors, to obtain information about salaries paid to employees and wage bills used for employees. The survey collects information on employees, such as total number,sex, citizenship,employment term, earnings, allowances and other benefit paid to employees.This report illustrates the methods and findings of the survey. It consists of six chapters,namely:Concept, Definition and Survey Methodology, Employment, Wage rate, Cash earnings, Wage bill and New Employees.
Employment
The total employment in formal sector was 56,140 out of whom 31,341 (55.8 percent) were males and 24,799 (44.2 percent) were females. Out of total employment, 55.8 percent were engaged in Government sector, 34.3 percent in Private sector and 9.9 percent in Parastatals. Classification by terms of employment reported that 71.4 percent (40,237 employees) were regular employees. Contractual and casual employees comprised 24.4 percent (13,694 employees) and 4.2 percent (2,339 employees) respectively. Non-citizen employees account for only 1.2 percent of total employment.The distribution of employment by industry shows that about 27.8 percent of employees were engaged in Education sector while 18.7 percent were in Public administration. The industry with the least number of employees was real estate which has 0.1 percent of total employment.
Wage Rate
On average, more than half (69.2 percent) of regular citizen employees earn between 200,000 –399,999 shillings per months. In the Government sector the majority of regular citizen employees (39.8 percent) earn between TZS 200,000 and TZS 299,999 while for parastatals the majority(32.2 percent) earn 500,000 and above. For private sector, 56.3 percent of employees earn under TZS 200,000. The majority of both male and female regular citizen employees (35.0 and 35.1 percent) earn between TZS 200,000-299,999 per month respectively.
Cash Earnings
The average monthly salary of regular employees was TZS 478,958 per month where males earn TZS 481,789 and females earn TZS 476,052 per month. The average monthly salary of Parastatal employees was observed to be TZS 670,737, the Government employees’ average salary was 514,579 while for private employees it was 334,755.
Annual Wage Bill
According to this survey, the annual wage bill is the employers cost which includes annual salary, free rations and other benefits. The percentage share of annual salary was high compared to percentage share of other benefit and free rations. On average, the percentage share of annual salary from the total wage bill was 73.8 percent while the percentage share of other benefits was 22.2 percent.
New Workers Employed
The total number of employees employed in 2016/17 was 1,601 persons of whom 896 employees(56 percent) were males and 705 employees (44 percent) were females. Out of total new employees, 34.4 percent were employed in the Government sector, 2.4 percent in Government Parastatals and 63.3 percent in the Private sector.
Employment
The total employment in formal sector was 56,140 out of whom 31,341 (55.8 percent) were males and 24,799 (44.2 percent) were females. Out of total employment, 55.8 percent were engaged in Government sector, 34.3 percent in Private sector and 9.9 percent in Parastatals. Classification by terms of employment reported that 71.4 percent (40,237 employees) were regular employees. Contractual and casual employees comprised 24.4 percent (13,694 employees) and 4.2 percent (2,339 employees) respectively. Non-citizen employees account for only 1.2 percent of total employment.The distribution of employment by industry shows that about 27.8 percent of employees were engaged in Education sector while 18.7 percent were in Public administration. The industry with the least number of employees was real estate which has 0.1 percent of total employment.
Wage Rate
On average, more than half (69.2 percent) of regular citizen employees earn between 200,000 –399,999 shillings per months. In the Government sector the majority of regular citizen employees (39.8 percent) earn between TZS 200,000 and TZS 299,999 while for parastatals the majority(32.2 percent) earn 500,000 and above. For private sector, 56.3 percent of employees earn under TZS 200,000. The majority of both male and female regular citizen employees (35.0 and 35.1 percent) earn between TZS 200,000-299,999 per month respectively.
Cash Earnings
The average monthly salary of regular employees was TZS 478,958 per month where males earn TZS 481,789 and females earn TZS 476,052 per month. The average monthly salary of Parastatal employees was observed to be TZS 670,737, the Government employees’ average salary was 514,579 while for private employees it was 334,755.
Annual Wage Bill
According to this survey, the annual wage bill is the employers cost which includes annual salary, free rations and other benefits. The percentage share of annual salary was high compared to percentage share of other benefit and free rations. On average, the percentage share of annual salary from the total wage bill was 73.8 percent while the percentage share of other benefits was 22.2 percent.
New Workers Employed
The total number of employees employed in 2016/17 was 1,601 persons of whom 896 employees(56 percent) were males and 705 employees (44 percent) were females. Out of total new employees, 34.4 percent were employed in the Government sector, 2.4 percent in Government Parastatals and 63.3 percent in the Private sector.
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]
Unit of Analysis
Establishments
Version
Version Description
v2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Version Date
2017-12
Scope
Notes
The survey covers only formal sector employment categorized by industry in accordance with the International Standard of Industrial Classification (ISIC) Revision 4 of the standard definitions and classification. The survey also uses TASCO codes revised from ISCO 1988 in classifying employees by occupation. The scope of FSEES includes:
SECTION A: Identification
SECTION B: Description of Business
SECTION C: Employment and earnings as at 30 June 2017
SECTION D: Wage rate (shs per month)
SECTION E (I): The Distribution of Permanent Employees according to the their experiences, (ii)The Distribution of Temporary Employees in Contract Basis according to their Experiences
SECTION E: Casual Workers
SECTION F: BENEFITS Includes other benefits who are paid employees from July 2016 to June 2017
SECTION G: Number of New Workers Employed During the Last 12 Months
SECTION H: Current Job Vacancies For The Last 12 Months ( JULY 2016 - JUNE 2017)
SECTION A: Identification
SECTION B: Description of Business
SECTION C: Employment and earnings as at 30 June 2017
SECTION D: Wage rate (shs per month)
SECTION E (I): The Distribution of Permanent Employees according to the their experiences, (ii)The Distribution of Temporary Employees in Contract Basis according to their Experiences
SECTION E: Casual Workers
SECTION F: BENEFITS Includes other benefits who are paid employees from July 2016 to June 2017
SECTION G: Number of New Workers Employed During the Last 12 Months
SECTION H: Current Job Vacancies For The Last 12 Months ( JULY 2016 - JUNE 2017)
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Zanzibar
Universe
All Government, Parastatal institutions as well as registered Private establishments with five or more employees.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| The Office of Chief Government Statistician | Ministry of Finance and Planning |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Revolutionary government of Zanzibar | RGoZ |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Not stated in the report
Deviations from the Sample Design
Not stated in the report
Response Rate
Not stated in the report
Weighting
Not stated in the report
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
Data Collection Mode
Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Supervision
Not stated in the report
Data Collection Notes
Not stated in the report
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Office of the Chief Government Statistician | OCGS | Ministry of finance and Planning |
Data Processing
Data Editing
Not stated in the report
Other Processing
Not stated in the report
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
Not stated in the report
Data Appraisal
Not stated in the report
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head, Data Management Divison | Office of the Chief Government Statistician | abdullah.makame@ocgs.ac.tz | www.ocgs.go.tz |
Confidentiality
Confidentiality: Confidentiality of respondent guaranteed under Statistical Act No. 9 of 2007
The Chief Government Statistician may disclose information in the form of
individual statistical records solely for bona fide research or statistical
purposes provided that:-
(a) all identification such as name and address has been removed;
(b) the information is disclosed in a manner that is not likely to enable the identification of the particular person or undertaking or business to which it relates.
Access conditions
OCGS considered three levels of accessibility:
1) Public use files, accessible by all
2) Licensed datasets, accessible under certain conditions
3) Datasets only accessible on location, for certain datasets
Any person or organization to whom any statistical records are disclosed shall: -
(a) not attempt to identify any particular person or undertaking or business;
(b) use the information for research or statistical purposes only;
(c) not disclose the information to any other person or organization;
1) Public use files, accessible by all
2) Licensed datasets, accessible under certain conditions
3) Datasets only accessible on location, for certain datasets
Any person or organization to whom any statistical records are disclosed shall: -
(a) not attempt to identify any particular person or undertaking or business;
(b) use the information for research or statistical purposes only;
(c) not disclose the information to any other person or organization;
Citation requirements
"The Office of Chief Government Statistician, Household Budget Survey 2014/15 (HBS 2014/15), Version 1.1 of the public use dataset (September 2016), provided by the National Data Archive. www.ocgs.go.tz"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief government Statistician | Office of the Chief Government Statistician | gs@ocgs.go.tz | www.ocgs.go.z |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
(c) 2018, The Office of Chief Governnment Statistician
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-TZA-2016-2017-FSEES-v01-M-OCGS
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Office of Chief Government Statistician | OCGS | Ministry of Finance and Planning | Documentation of the study |
Date of Metadata Production
2023-11-13
DDI Document version
Version 1.0