Hotel employee earnings see slight increase

The average earnings of full-time hotel employees rose by 2.3 percent to MOP17,200 in September, according to a quarterly survey by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

The results of the DSEC’s Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the third quarter of 2017 recorded a total of 54,524 full-time employees in local hotels.

The survey spanned several sectors: manufacturing; hotels; restaurants; insurance; financial intermediation activities; electricity, gas & water supply; childcare and elderly care. 

Restaurants had 25,870 full-time employees, up by 2.7 percent year-on-year, with average earnings falling by 0.3 percent to MOP9,280.

Manufacturing had 9,863 full-time employees, a decrease of 0.6 percent year- on-year; average earnings in September rose by 4.5 percent to MOP10,730.

Electricity, gas & water supply had 1,118 full-time employees, up by 1.5 percent from a year earlier; average earnings grew by 13.2 percent to MOP34,240.

Insurance had 558 full-time employees, up by 2.6 percent year-on-year; average earnings in September rose by 5.3 percent to MOP26,750.

Financial intermediation activities had 404 full-time employees, a year-on-year increase of 1.3 percent, with average earnings rising by 7.6 percent to MOP15,030.

Childcare and Elderly Care had 1,409 and 752 full-time employees respectively, up by 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent year-on-year. Average earnings in September increased by 5.5 percent and 1.7 percent respectively to MOP14,680 and MOP14,080.

Employee recruitment rate (6.1 percent) and employee turnover rate (4.7 percent) in the hotels sector fell by 1.1 and 0.4 percentage points respectively, year-on-year. The job vacancy rate (3.9 percent) rose by 0.6 percentage points, implying that there were still a number of vacancies in the sector.

In the restaurant sector, the employee turnover rate (6.5 percent) and employee recruitment rate (5.4 percent) dropped by 0.6 and 4.7 percentage points respectively year-on-year.