on year-on-year terms<\/a> and a drop of 481 people when compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe number of table games dealers<\/strong> fell by 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 23,675. The average monthly wage for full-time workers overall, excluding bonuses, rose 6.3 per cent to MOP24,730 (US$3,072). <\/strong>Earnings for dealers were up 5 per cent at MOP20,330 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe report states that there were 113 job vacancies in the second quarter, an increase of 94 compared to the prior-year quarter. The employee recruitment rate rose by 1.6 percentage points to 1.9 per cent, while the employee turnover rate rose by 0.9 percentage points to 2.4 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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