Skilled construction and plant operator day rate
Daily rate for a certified heavy equipment operator or skilled civil artisan on Central Equatoria construction sites, per eight-hour shift, in US dollars, lunch allowance included.
Unit: USD per 8-hour shift · Measurement: PRICE · Scope: STATE · Comparability group: WAGE_SKILLED_CIVIL_USD_PER_SHIFT_CES
What this is not
Almost every serious error in operational data is a category error rather than an arithmetic one. These are the things this indicator shares a unit with and must never be combined with.
- The casual manual labour rate, which the source records separately and which is far lower.
- A fully loaded employment cost including statutory contributions.
How current a reading has to be
Current within 90 days, usable within 270 days, measured against the 2026-09-23 build rather than against the time you read this page. A static deployment cannot re-age itself, so the build date is the honest anchor.
Freight contracts, warehouse leases, wage scales and fixed statutory fees are negotiated on quarterly or annual cycles. Treating a two-month-old lease rate as out of date would discard a figure that is still exactly what a tenant would pay.
Readings held (1)
- 22 USD per 8-hour shift — observed 2026-09-07, 16 days before the 2026-09-23 build
Source: South Sudan Contractors Association Wage Scale · Central Equatoria Construction Sites (named only — no coordinate held) · Current · ESTIMATED · evidence ev-00457
As the source states it: “$22.00 / day (SSP 102,000)”
What SSIP says about it
- Skilled construction and plant operator day rate: 22 USD per 8-hour shift, recorded 2026-09-07 by South Sudan Contractors Association Wage Scale. Inside this indicator's 90-day currency window as of 2026-09-23.
Rule: Take the most recent dated observation bound to this indicator and classify its age against the indicator's own freshness policy (90 days current, 270 days usable — Freight contracts, warehouse leases, wage scales and fixed statutory fees are negotiated on quarterly or annual cycles. Treating a two-month-old lease rate as out of date would discard a figure that is still exactly what a tenant would pay.).
Does not establish: That the condition still holds today. This is the most recent reading SSIP holds, not a statement about 2026-09-23. The casual manual labour rate, which the source records separately and which is far lower.
What SSIP does not hold
- One contractors association wage scale, one state.
- The casual labour rate stated in the source note is deliberately not extracted as a second reading.
How to read this
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