Statistics: Casinos employ more workers, salaries higher

2013-8-21

From：Macau Daily Times

At the end of the second quarter of 2013, the Gaming Sector had 54,554 full-time employees, up by 5.5% year-on-year. The Statistics and Census Service’s (DSEC) analysis by occupation indicated that 24,031 were dealers, up 4.3% year-on-year, while 13,777 were hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floor persons, betting service operators, etc., down slightly by 0.1%.
In June 2013, the average earnings (excluding bonuses and allowances) of full-time employees stood at MOP18,900, up by 6.5% year-on-year. Average earnings were MOP16,720 for dealers, and MOP22,400 for hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floor persons, betting service operators, etc., up by 5.8% and 3.7% respectively, and the average earnings of casino & slot machine attendants, security guards, surveillance room operators, etc. were MOP12,780, up by 6.6%.
Job vacancies totaled 1,591 at the end of the second quarter for 2013, down by 230 year-on-year. There were 822 vacancies for dealers, up by 35. Hard & soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floor personnel, betting service operators, etc., had 239 vacant posts, a decrease of 127.
In terms of recruitment prerequisites, 52.2% of the vacancies required working experience; 63.4% required junior secondary education or lower, and requirements for knowledge of Mandarin and English stood at 92.5% and 63.7% respectively.
In the second quarter of 2013, the Gaming Sector hired 2,552 new employees and the employee recruitment rate (4.7%) down by 3.7 percent. The job vacancy rate (2.8%) fell by 0.6 percent, indicating that the human resource situation of the Gaming Sector was relatively stable this quarter.  The survey results of “Manpower Needs and Wages of the Gaming Sector” exclude junket promoters and junket associates.

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