{"id":777018328,"date":"2024-08-21T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018328"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:55:39","slug":"macau-gaming-industry-workforce-grows-1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-industry-workforce-grows-1-6","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming industry workforce grows 1.6%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are currently 52,518 people working in the gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)\u00a0has reported that the number of employees at gaming companies in Macau was\u00a0up by 1.6 per cent in the second quarter of the year to 52,518. The number of croupiers declined by 0.9 per cent to 23,467. Job vacancies rose 3.4 times to 498.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average monthly salary for casino employees in June stood at MOP26,750 (US$3,346), up 8.2 per cent in year-on-year terms. Dealers experienced wage growth of 6.5 per cent, with average earnings climbing to MOP21,660 (US$2,715), partly due to an increase in working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-11-6-year-on-year-in-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue<\/a> (GGR) for the first seven months of 2024 was MOP132.34bn (US$16.44bn), up 36.7 per cent year-on-year but 24 per cent below the same period in 2019. The figure is 61 per cent of the government\u2019s full-year forecast for 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/citigroup-notes-35-rise-in-macau-premium-wagers-in-august\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Citigroup notes 35% rise in Macau premium wagers in August<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently 52,518 people working in the gaming sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19870,"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 saw a 1.6% increase in total employment to 52,518 in Q2, despite a slight decline in croupiers. Average monthly salaries for casino employees rose 8.2% year-on-year to MOP26,750, with dealers experiencing a 6.5% wage increase. Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the first seven months of 2024 reached MOP132.34bn, a 36.7% year-on-year increase, representing 61% of the government's full-year forecast.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Citigroup","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Forecast Impact?","query":"How might the current GGR trajectory and employment cost increases influence Macau's full-year GGR forecast and the profitability margins for integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"Labor Market Dynamics?","query":"What are the underlying factors contributing to the decline in croupier numbers amidst overall employment growth, and what are the long-term implications for talent acquisition and retention strategies in Macau's gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777018328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018328","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=777018328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018364,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018328\/revisions\/777018364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}