Security activities had 2,872 paid employees, with average monthly earnings of MOP 5,136.
There were 519 paid employees working in Sewage, refuse disposal & sanitation activities, the average monthly earnings amounted to MOP 9,876.
At the end of December 2005, Wholesale & retail trade reported to have 2,269 vacancies, of which 1,490 vacancies were in Retail trade. In addition, Transport, storage & communications; Security activities and Sewage, refuse disposal & sanitation activities had 557, 826 and 3 vacancies, respectively.
In terms of recruitment prerequisites, over 60.0 percent of the vacant posts in the Wholesale & retail trade and Sewage, refuse disposal & sanitation activities required working experience. Most of the vacant posts in the Wholesale & retail trade; Transport, storage & communications; and Security activities required junior secondary education or lower in educational attainment.
Besides Cantonese, Mandarin was the more preferable language skill in Wholesale & retail trade (49.2 percent), while English was more desirable in Security activities (60.7 percent) and Sewage, refuse disposal & sanitation activities (66.7 percent).
Macau - Statistics and Census Service