{"id":33406,"date":"2022-09-12T02:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T05:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33406"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:01:38","slug":"number-of-macau-gaming-workers-down-2-3-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/number-of-macau-gaming-workers-down-2-3-in-h1","title":{"rendered":"Number of Macau gaming workers down 2.3% in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau’s gaming sector had 53,592 full-time employees at the end of June, down from 54,839 in December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) <\/strong>has reported that in the first half of 2022, there were 1,247 fewer full-time workers<\/strong> in the gaming sector. Macau\u2019s gaming industry had 53,592 full-time employees at the end of June, down 2.3 per cent from 54,839 in December 2021. The city had 24,093 active traders, down 1.3 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average monthly salary for full-time employees was MOP23,270 (US$2,909) in June, up from MOP23,700 in December 2021, according to the latest employee and salary survey for the gaming industry. The average earnings of dealers fell by 3.2 per cent to MOP19,370.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were only 19 job openings in the gaming industry\u00a0at the end of the second quarter<\/a>, down from 59 in December. The quarterly survey does not include people working for VIP gaming promoters or junket operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The casino industry was affected by the\u00a0latest Covid-19 outbreak<\/a>\u00a0in Macau. Casinos temporarily shut their doors<\/a>\u00a0for two weeks in July. This and the general lack of tourists led\u00a0GGR to fall<\/a>\u00a083.9 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>month-on-month in July from MOP2.48bn to MOP398m (US$49.2m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, the DSEC reported that\u00a0Macau\u2019s general unemployment rate<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and the\u00a0unemployment rate of residents<\/strong>\u00a0increased to\u00a04.1 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a05.4 per cent respectively in May-July 2022<\/strong>\u00a0when compared with April \u2013 June 2022. The underemployment rate rose by 9.3 percentage points to 13.4 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of unemployed increased by 1,700 from the previous period to 15,600. Most of those looking for work were previously employed in the Gaming & Junket Activities and Construction sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau’s gaming sector had 53,592 full-time employees at the end of June, down from 54,839 in December 2021.<\/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 experienced a significant workforce contraction in H1 2022, with full-time employees decreasing by 2.3% to 53,592 and average monthly salaries declining. This downturn, exacerbated by Covid-19 outbreaks and resultant casino closures, led to an 83.9% month-on-month GGR fall in July and a notable rise in unemployment, particularly impacting the Gaming & Junket Activities sector.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service, DSEC","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Recovery Outlook","query":"Given the significant GGR decline and workforce contraction, what are the projected timelines and key drivers for a sustainable recovery in Macau's gaming sector, particularly concerning inbound tourism and regulatory stability?"},{"label":"Labor Market Impact","query":"How will the sustained reduction in gaming sector employment and average earnings impact Macau's broader economic diversification efforts and the long-term talent pool for the integrated resort industry?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-33406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33406","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=33406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33435,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33406\/revisions\/33435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}