Average earnings of dealers increased 8.0 percent last year, to MOP14,700 (US$1,838) by December-end. The increase was above the inflation rate for the same period, which stood at 5.81 percent for the whole of 2011. At the end of last year, Macau had over 22,300 dealers, up by 16.7 percent in comparison with one year before. In December, average earnings of full-time employees in the gaming sector stood at MOP16,720, up by 6.5 percent year-on-year, also above the inflation rate. During the same period, the number of vacancies in the gaming sector dropped by 39.5 percent year-on-year to less than 2,300, with around 1,500 for dealers. Overall, the gaming sector had 50,200 employees by the end of last year, up 12 percent year-on-year.
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