Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of full-time employees of the 27 banks in Macao increased by 190 year-on-year to 6,312 at the end of the third quarter of 2018. Analysed by occupation, there were 1,750 directors and managers, and 2,011 clerks (including 679 bank tellers).

In September 2018, average earnings (excluding bonuses) of full-time employees were MOP27,950, up by 3.9% year-on-year. Average earnings of bank tellers increased by 5.2% to MOP17,180.

At the end of the third quarter of 2018, job vacancies totalled 268, an increase of 30 from a year earlier; there were 137 vacancies for clerks, including 34 for bank tellers.

In terms of recruitment prerequisites, 62.7% of the vacancies required work experience, 92.2% required tertiary education, and requirement for knowledge of Mandarin and English both stood at 97.8%.

In the third quarter of 2018, the Banking Sector hired 460 new employees. The employee recruitment rate (7.3%) and the job vacancy rate (4.1%) rose by 2.5 and 0.4 percentage points respectively year-on-year, indicating that there were still vacant posts to be filled in the Banking Sector in this quarter.

As regards vocational training, the Banking Sector had 6,882 employee participants attending training courses provided by the employer (including courses organised by the banks or in conjunction with other institutions, and those sponsored by the banks). The majority of the participants (74.1%) attended courses organised by the banks. Most of the participants (75.1%) attended Business & Administration courses, followed by Law courses (21.5%).