The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of the Gaming Sector for the fourth quarter of 2009. Survey coverage excluded junket promoters and junket associates. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, the Gaming Sector had 44,020 employees, up slightly by 0.4% year-on-year. Analyzed by occupations that are directly related to betting services, 18,274 were dealers, up slightly by 0.4% year-on-year; 12,040 were hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc., up by 1.4%. Meanwhile, 5,283 were casino & slot machine attendants, security guards, surveillance room operators, etc., up by 4.4% from a year earlier. In December 2009, average earnings (excluding bonuses and allowances) for full-time employees dropped by 3.4% year-on-year to MOP 15,100. The average earnings for dealers fell by 4.9% over December 2008 to MOP 13,270, and that for hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc. stood at MOP 18,400, down by 5.7%. The average earnings for casino & slot machine attendants, security guards, surveillance room operators, etc. registered a year-on-year increase of 4.7% to MOP 10,060. At the end of December 2009, number of vacancies of the Gaming Sector increased by 48.1% year-on-year to 382, with 114 for dealers, 57 for hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc. and 66 for casino & slot machine attendants, security guards, surveillance room operators, etc. As regards recruitment prerequisites, 69.9% of the vacancies required no working experience; 52.4% required senior secondary education or higher. Other preferred language skills were Mandarin (55.0%) and English (51.0%). With respect to the indicators that measure the inflow and outflow of human resources, as well as staffing needs of the sector, the employee turnover rate and recruitment rate of the Gaming Sector were 4.1% and 4.9% respectively in the fourth quarter of 2009, while the job vacancy rate was 0.9%.
