The number of full-time workers in the Macau gaming sector increased by 380 year-on-year to 52,898 by the end of the second quarter this year, with average monthly earnings – excluding “irregular remuneration” – up by 2.4 percent year-on-year to MOP27,390 (US$3,402).
That is according to the “Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages” for the industry, published on Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service. Survey results are issued twice a year.
Of the 52,898 full-time workers employed as of the second quarter, circa 44.4 percent – or 23,500 – were dealers. The number of dealers and their average earnings as of June-end, at MOP21,810, were flat compared with the same period last year, showed the data.
Gaming staff employed as “directors and managers” saw the highest year-on-year increase in average earnings, compared to other types of worker.
As of June-end, for “directors and managers” employed in the industry, monthly earnings were MOP67,590 on average. That made them the highest earners amongst all types of industry position, and represented a 2.8-percent increase year-on-year.
There were 3,183 “directors and managers” in the industry during the second quarter, up 14.0 percent from a year ago.
The quarterly survey does not include people working either for VIP gambling junket promoters, or junket associates.
There were 208 job vacancies in the gaming sector in the second quarter of this year, down 58.2 percent from the prior-year quarter.
