In the first ten months of this year, about four percent of Macao’s resident workforce found jobs through the Labour Affairs Bureau.
Macao jobs
More than 210 business projects green-lit, 1.3 billion patacas invested and over 800 jobs created: IPIM is having a busy year.
Underemployment is down slightly, with more work cropping up in the construction sector, while median monthly earnings have remained the same.
The local government is keen to lure medical, tech and finance professionals to come and work in Macao as part of the territory’s economic diversification.
As it seeks to build up the non-gaming economy, Macao hopes to lure high calibre professionals to work in its emerging bond market and finance sector.
The latest numbers from the Statistics and Census Service show that relatively few jobs were available in the gaming sector in June.