{"id":21804,"date":"2021-08-20T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21804"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:27:47","slug":"macaus-gaming-sector-seeks-to-recruit-more-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-gaming-sector-seeks-to-recruit-more-staff","title":{"rendered":"Macau\u2019s gaming sector seeks to recruit more staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau\u2019s statistics bureau has reported that the number of Macau&#8217;s workers in the gaming sector dropped 2.8 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- According to\u00a0<strong>Macau\u2019s statistics bureau<\/strong>, casino operators are\u00a0looking for local workers to hire. <strong>Vacancies in the gaming sector have grown 124 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>and the government in Macau encourages companies to recruit locals only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The earnings of Macau table-games dealers grew 3.5 per cent\u00a0year-on-year in June, <\/strong>with an average income of MOP19,950 (US$2,486). <strong>Full-time employees&#8217; average earnings at Macau casinos increased 2.1 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0to MOP23,690. However, directors and managers saw their salaries decline 10.2 per cent year-on-year to MOP52,130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently<strong>\u00a055,768 full-time employees in the gaming sector<\/strong>, down 2.9 per cent by 1,691 from the prior-year period.\u00a0As for new recruits during the second quarter, <strong>466 workers were hired in the gaming sector\u00a0<\/strong>and 1,016 employees left their jobs in the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week ago, authorities also revealed the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-foreign-workers-decreased-11-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic\">number of foreign workers in Macau<\/a>\u00a0had\u00a0<strong>decreased 11 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Macau\u2019s Labour Affairs Bureau,&nbsp;<strong>Macau saw 852 fewer non-resident workers during the second quarter of the year&nbsp;<\/strong>when compared to the previous period. Wholesale and retail trade were the most affected industries, followed by hotel restaurant and gaming sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau\u2019s statistics bureau has reported that the number of Macau&#8217;s workers in the gaming sector dropped 2.8 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's gaming sector workforce declined 2.8% year-on-year in Q2, with vacancies surging 124% as the government prioritizes local hires and foreign worker numbers decrease. While table-game dealers saw a 3.5% earnings increase, directors and managers experienced a 10.2% salary reduction, reflecting evolving labor market dynamics and operational cost pressures for operators.","focusai_entities":"Macau\u2019s statistics bureau, Macau\u2019s Labour Affairs Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Labor Cost Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of increased local hiring mandates and shifting wage structures on Macau gaming operators' long-term operational costs and talent acquisition strategies?"},{"label":"Executive Talent Dynamics?","query":"How do these labor market shifts, particularly the decline in management salaries, influence the competitive landscape for executive talent within Macau's integrated resorts and the broader regional market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,158],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-21804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21811,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21804\/revisions\/21811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}