Finance sector earnings rise up to 10%

At the end of the first quarter of 2023, Financial Activities had 8,452 full-time employees; average earnings (excluding irregular remuneration) of full-time employees in March were MOP30,510, up by 2.1% year-on-year. Data from the Statistics and Census Service shows that the Banking Sector had 7,188 full-time employees, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year. Their average earnings in March went up by 1.1% to MOP30,830. Other Financial Intermediation had 260 full-time employees, up by 5.7% year-on-year; their average earnings rose by 10.2% to MOP27,810.