Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 28 banks in Macao; number of full-time employees increased by 258 year-on-year to 6,000 at the end of the first quarter of 2016. Analysed by occupation, there were 1,614 directors and managers, and 2,109 clerks (including 764 bank tellers). In March 2016, average earnings (excluding bonuses and allowances) of full-time employees amounted to MOP25,150, up by 5.2% year-on-year. Average earnings of bank tellers increased by 10.2% to MOP15,320. At the end of the first quarter of 2016, job vacancies stood at 238, down by 80 from a year ago; vacancies for clerks totalled 131, including 45 for bank tellers. In terms of recruitment prerequisites, 55.9% of the vacancies required working experience, 96.2% required tertiary education, and requirement for knowledge of Mandarin and English accounted for 93.3% and 94.5% respectively. In the first quarter of 2016, number of new recruits (160) and employees leaving employment (173) in the Banking Sector were similar; the employee recruitment rate (2.7%) and the employee turnover rate (2.9%) fell by 1.6 and 0.8 percentage points respectively year-on-year, indicating that the manpower situation of the Banking Sector was relatively stable in this quarter. As regards vocational training, the Banking Sector had 4,940 employee participants attending training courses provided by the employer (including courses organized by the banks or in conjunction with other institutions, and those sponsored by the banks). The majority of the participants (80.8%) attended courses organized by the banks. Most of the participants (73.9%) attended Business & Administration courses, followed by Law courses (15.4%).
