The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has released the results of a survey of employment across several economic sectors.
At the end of the third quarter, hotels operating in Macau had 54,600 full-time employees, up by 8.9 percent year-on-year. Average earnings for this sector (excluding bonuses) in September rose by 2.1 percent to MOP16,810. Restaurants had 25,181 full-time employees, down by 9.1 percent year-on-year, with the average earnings rising by 1.2 percent to MOP9,310.
Manufacturing had 9,922 full-time employees, an increase of 7.5 year-on-
year; average earnings in September rose by 5 percent to MOP10,270.
Childcare and elderly care had 1,266 and 674 full-time employees, up by 10 percent and 1.8 percent respectively year-on-year, and average earnings in September increased by 10 percent and 12.4 percent respectively to MOP13,910 and MOP13,850.
At the end of the third quarter, job vacancies in hotels (1,869) rose by 245 year-on-year, while those in manufacturing (879) and restaurants (2,141) fell by 142 and 51 respectively. About 70.5 percent of the vacancies in hotels and 68.3 percent of those in manufacturing required junior secondary education or lower.
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