An official survey results released Wednesday showed that the average earnings for full-time employees in four major sectors in Macao increased from 5.5 percent to 10.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year.
The survey, carried out by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), covered four sectors, including Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, storage and communications, Security activities and Public sewage and refuse disposal activities.
The employees of Security activities saw the highest wage jump in the second quarter with the average earnings rising by 19.4 percent year-on-year to 7,407 patacas (925.9 U.S. dollars), according to the survey results.
Meanwhile, the average earnings of Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, storage and communications, and Public sewage and refuse disposal activities all registered a year-on-year increase of 7.8 percent, 10.2 percent and 5.5 percent respectively in the second quarter.
Among the four sectors, Wholesale and retail trade had the largest number of paid employees and vacancies in the period, which stood at 25,392 and 3,454 respectively, according to the DSEC.
As regards recruitment prerequisites, 57.7 percent of the vacancies in Wholesale and retail trade and 37.5 percent in Transport, storage and communications required working experience. In addition, 58.9 percent and 28.9 percent of the vacancies in the above-mentioned industries required junior secondary or lower in educational attainment, while 84.5 percent of those in Security activities required primary education only.
Source: Xinhua
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