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Results of survey on manpower needs and wages for the second quarter 2023


The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the second quarter of 2023. Survey coverage comprises Wholesale & Retail Trade; Transport, Storage & Communications; Security Activities and Public Sewage & Refuse Disposal Activities; however, the self-employed are excluded.

At the end of the second quarter of 2023, number of persons engaged in Wholesale & Retail Trade increased by 3.2% year-on-year to 63,934. Among them, 40,404 were working in Retail Trade, up by 1.6%. In June 2023, average earnings (excluding irregular remuneration) of full-time employees rose by 5.9% year-on-year to MOP14,810, mainly due to the low base of comparison caused by a relatively large number of employees being placed on unpaid leave amid the pandemic last year.

The Transport, Storage & Communications sector had 14,391 persons engaged, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year. Average earnings of full-time employees rose by 5.2% year-on-year to MOP21,250 in June.

Security Activities had 12,794 persons engaged, down by 2.3% year-on-year. Average earnings of full-time employees in June dropped by 2.7% year-on-year to MOP12,410.

Public Sewage & Refuse Disposal Activities had 945 persons engaged, a decrease of 2.3% year-on-year. Average earnings of full-time employees in June dropped by 2.3% year-on-year to MOP19,170.

Job vacancies in Retail Trade (2,538), Security Activities (1,251) and the Transport, Storage & Communications sector (785) increased by 1,157, 67 and 301 respectively year-on-year.

In terms of recruitment prerequisites, 98.3% of the vacancies in Security Activities required only junior secondary education or lower; on the other hand, 36.7% of the vacancies in Wholesale Trade and 20.0% of those in the Transport, Storage & Communications sector required tertiary education. As regards language skills, 69.5% and 38.5% of the vacancies in Retail Trade required knowledge of Mandarin and English respectively, while the corresponding proportions for Security Activities were 95.2% and 33.3%.

The employee recruitment rate (6.0%) and the job vacancy rate (7.2%) in Retail Trade went up by 1.8 and 3.1 percentage points respectively year-on-year. As for the Transport, Storage & Communications sector, the employee recruitment rate (6.3%) and the job vacancy rate (5.8%) showed respective increases of 2.4 and 2.0 percentage points year-on-year. The figures indicated that there were still many vacant posts to be filled in these two sectors.



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