EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
MARCH - MAY/2019
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Total Labour Force
Total ('000) Employed population Unemployed population
Employment by Principal Industries
Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & Similar Activities Construction
Restaurants & Similar Activities
Principal Indicators of Local Residents
Unemployment rate (%) p.p.
p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data for March-May
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand
Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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- The general unemployment rate held steady over the previous period (February-April 2019), at 1.7%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.4%, up by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.4%, down by 0.1 percentage point.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.4% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 64.0%, up by 0.4 and 0.5 percentage points respectively over the pervious period.
- Total employment was 387,200 and the number of employed residents totalled 282,100, up by 1,900 and 2,000 respectively from the previous period.
Number of the unemployed was 6,900, up by 300.
0.5 0.1 Change Current
period
Previous period
64.0 2.4
63.5 2.3 Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
24.3
Total Employment by Industry Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.0 1.7 70.4
1.7
Labour force participation rate (%) 0.4
-
0.5 66.3 74.4
0.4 66.8 74.7
- 0.1 0.5 0.3
6.6
6.9 3.7
0.5 0.6 Change
(%) Previous
period Current
period
385.3 391.9 387.2
394.1
40.4
282.1 289.0
280.1 286.8 31.1 31.4 41.4 Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 86.1 85.2
0.3 0.5
1.7 73.3 0.4 24.1 29.7
2014 32.3
0.4 0.5
2019.06 1.1
- 2.3 3.0 - 4.4 - 0.8
0.7 0.8
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2015 2016 2017 2018
1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8
74.0 72.0 71.1 70.8
1.8 Unemployment rate 1.7 1.7
70.8
Labour force participation rate
70.0 70.4
65.0 67.0 69.0 71.0 73.0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
%
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region
Statistics and Census Service
統 計 暨 普 查 局
Recreational, Cultural, Gaming
& Other Services 25.4%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.6%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 10.4%
Construction 7.7%
Real Estate &
Business Activities Public 8.7%
Administration &
Social Security 7.6%
Domestic Work 7.8%
Others 17.9%
Mar-May Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Mar-May 2018 2019
