The average monthly wages for the city’s workers engaged in the wholesale trade jumped by 10.9 per cent to MOP11,970 (US$1,496) at the end of 2014 from MOP10,700 one year before, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) last Friday.
At the end of 2014, some 49,837 people were engaged in the wholesale and retail trade in the SAR, up 8.8 per cent year-on-year.
In particular, the number of persons engaged in the retail trade field posted a year-on-year increase of 10.8 per cent. However, their average monthly salary decreased slightly by 0.8 per cent year-on-year, amounting to some MOP11,870.
In addition, the demand for employees in the two fields did not rise as well. According to DSEC, there were a total of 1,280 and 3,103 vacancies for the wholesale trade and retail trade during the fourth quarter of 2014, slightly up by 2.9 and 0.3 per cent year-on-year, respectively.
DSEC data also indicated that the average earnings of full-time employees in the transport, storage and communications field had increased 8.7 per cent year-on-year, reaching MOP20,301 in December 2014.
The average salary of those in security activities rose by 17.2 per cent year-on-year to MOP11,170, while wages for those working for public sewage & refuse operations only rose 1 per cent year-on-year to MOP14,670.
K.L.


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