{"id":9291,"date":"2020-08-24T21:32:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:28:33","slug":"macau-casino-salaries-drop-5-5-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-salaries-drop-5-5-in-june","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino salaries drop 5.5% in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSEC believes the indicators \u201creflect a substantial decline in demand for manpower in the gaming sector\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has released the results of its latest salaries survey of local gaming companies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the second quarter of 2020, the number of full-time employees in the sector decreased by 381 year-on-year, to 57,459 people.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among them, are 25,344 dealers, up by 131 year-on-year, but down by 115 from the end of the fourth quarter of 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average earnings of full-time employees in June were MOP23,200 (US$2,906), down by 5.5 per cent year-on-year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average salary for dealers dropped 7.6 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2019, to MOP19,270 (US$2,414).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><em>DSEC <\/em><\/strong>said in a release: \u201cOwing to the impact of novel coronavirus pneumonia, there were only 25 vacancies at the end of the second quarter of 2020, down significantly by 879 year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese indicators reflect a <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-new-hirings-in-gaming-sector-plummet-in-q2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>substantial decline in demand<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for manpower in the Gaming Sector.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second quarter of 2020, only 129 new employees were hired, down 93.4 per cent from the 1,942 hires in the same quarter of 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DSEC believes the indicators \u201creflect a substantial decline in demand for manpower in the gaming sector\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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 decline in manpower during Q2 2020, with full-time employees decreasing by 381 year-on-year to 57,459, and average earnings dropping by 5.5%. 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