17 September 2021 | 1100 hrs | 167/2021 In March 2021, registered full-time employment increased by 0.9 per cent while part-time employment as a primary job decreased by 0.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2020. Registered Employment: January-March 2021 Administrative data provided by Jobsplus shows that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) in March 2021 increased by 1.0 per cent, reaching 237,671 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (2,081) and an increase in registered unemployment (262) (Table 1). Registered full-time employment In March 2021, the highest increase in employment was brought about by human health and social work activities (NACE 86-88) and public administration and defence, compulsory social security (NACE 84), with 1,138 and 1,066 persons respectively, when compared to the same month last year (Table 1). Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up 731 persons to 184,476. Public sector full-time employment increased by 1,350 persons to 50,808 (Table 2). The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 1,084 when compared to March 2020, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 997. Full-time employment for males and females went up by 0.6 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively over 2020 levels (Table 2). Registered part-time employment Registered part-time employment in March 2021 increased by 3.9 per cent when compared to the same month in 2020. Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE 69-75) followed by transportation and storage (NACE 49-53) recorded the highest increases in part-time employment with 433 and 372 respectively. On the other hand, employment within the accommodation and food services activities (NACE 55-56) decreased by 352 when compared to March 2020 (Table 3). The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 33,047 up by 8.7 per cent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2020. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 31,899, down by 0.6 per cent when compared to the same month in 2020 (Table 4) ■ https://twitter.com/NSOMALTA/ https://www.facebook.com/nsomalta/ Compiled by: Labour Market and Information Society Statistics Unit Contact us: National Statistics Office, Lascaris, Valletta VLT 2000 T. +356 25997219, E. [email protected]Statistics in this News Release should be interpreted in the context of the COVID-19 situation.
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17 September 2021 | 1100 hrs | 167/2021
In March 2021, registered full-time employment increased by 0.9 per cent while part-time employment as a primary job decreased by 0.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2020.
Registered Employment: January-March 2021
Administrative data provided by Jobsplus shows that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) in March 2021 increased by 1.0 per cent, reaching 237,671 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (2,081) and an increase in registered unemployment (262) (Table 1).
Registered full-time employment
In March 2021, the highest increase in employment was brought about by human health and social work activities (NACE 86-88) and public administration and defence, compulsory social security (NACE 84), with 1,138 and 1,066 persons respectively, when compared to the same month last year (Table 1). Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up 731 persons to 184,476. Public sector full-time employment increased by 1,350 persons to 50,808 (Table 2).
The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 1,084 when compared to March 2020, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 997. Full-time employment for males and females went up by 0.6 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively over 2020 levels (Table 2).
Registered part-time employment
Registered part-time employment in March 2021 increased by 3.9 per cent when compared to the same month in 2020. Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE 69-75) followed by transportation and storage (NACE 49-53) recorded the highest increases in part-time employment with 433 and 372 respectively. On the other hand, employment within the accommodation and food services activities (NACE 55-56) decreased by 352 when compared to March 2020 (Table 3).
The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 33,047 up by 8.7 per cent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2020. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 31,899, down by 0.6 per cent when compared to the same month in 2020 (Table 4) ■
Compiled by: Labour Market and Information Society Statistics Unit Contact us: National Statistics Office, Lascaris, Valletta VLT 2000 T. +356 25997219, E. [email protected]
Statistics in this News Release should be interpreted in the context of the COVID-19 situation.
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NACE division
Economic activity
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2,448 2,502 2,492 2,492 2,479 2,519 2,527 2,56501 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 1,644 1,655 1,656 1,664 1,654 1,662 1,670 1,67802 Forestry and logging - - - - - - - -03 Fishing and aquaculture 804 847 836 828 825 857 857 887
05-09 Mining and quarrying 376 371 381 381 386 363 364 36405 Mining of coal and lignite - - - - - - - -06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - - - - - - - -07 Mining of metal ores - - - - - - - -08 Other mining and quarrying 196 206 201 201 205 210 209 21109 Mining support service activities 180 165 180 180 181 153 155 153
10-33 Manufacturing 22,512 22,607 22,882 22,885 22,843 22,434 22,573 22,69410 Manufacture of food products 2,637 2,621 2,670 2,668 2,644 2,595 2,624 2,63511 Manufacture of beverages 932 881 923 924 914 858 868 87912 Manufacture of tobacco products 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 1513 Manufacture of textiles 338 345 337 339 344 365 365 36814 Manufacture of wearing apparel 152 150 158 158 155 139 139 13715 Manufacture of leather and related products 18 17 17 17 17 16 16 1716 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture;
manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 402 400 414 415 406 407 412 421
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 260 271 266 270 272 273 277 27818 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1,639 1,646 1,626 1,628 1,624 1,680 1,678 1,67919 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 920 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 276 271 272 273 270 270 272 27421 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 1,013 1,044 1,031 1,032 1,024 1,109 1,123 1,13022 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1,748 1,668 1,710 1,706 1,703 1,649 1,657 1,670
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 1,121 1,205 1,207 1,202 1,210 1,223 1,239 1,245
45-47 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28,373 28,934 29,118 29,187 29,056 29,097 29,105 28,95345 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2,736 2,825 2,797 2,837 2,858 2,821 2,822 2,82846 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 10,752 10,960 11,046 11,073 11,029 10,979 10,991 11,01047 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 14,885 15,149 15,275 15,277 15,169 15,297 15,292 15,115
49-53 Transportation and storage 11,421 11,956 12,546 12,690 12,518 11,500 11,563 11,59649 Land transport and transport via pipelines 4,572 4,822 4,833 4,940 4,917 4,763 4,771 4,78650 Water transport 502 509 504 509 506 504 513 51851 Air transport 1,725 1,840 1,898 1,915 1,944 1,590 1,593 1,58752 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 3,685 3,816 4,336 4,343 4,167 3,621 3,632 3,63553 Postal and courier activities 937 969 975 983 984 1,022 1,054 1,070
55-56 Accommodation and food service activities 15,258 15,481 16,113 16,336 16,168 14,517 14,538 14,48955 Accommodation 6,511 6,043 6,619 6,686 6,486 5,337 5,274 5,20156 Food and beverage service activities 8,747 9,438 9,494 9,650 9,682 9,180 9,264 9,288
58-63 Information and communication 8,047 8,288 8,296 8,257 8,272 8,375 8,368 8,46558 Publishing activities 850 909 913 917 919 926 934 94659 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording
and music publishing activities 400 425 493 411 402 500 424 40660 Programming and broadcasting activities 263 265 271 274 275 255 256 259
February2020
(Revised)
March2020
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February 2021
March 2021
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… Table 1. Full-time employment classified by period and economic activity
January 2020
(Revised)
Average 2019
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NACE division
Economic activity
61 Telecommunications 1,701 1,627 1,651 1,663 1,670 1,522 1,518 1,52362 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 3,967 4,034 3,990 4,000 4,006 4,106 4,167 4,25963 Information service activities 866 1,028 978 992 1,000 1,066 1,069 1,072
64-66 Financial and insurance activities 11,126 12,147 11,964 12,113 12,202 12,230 12,267 12,37764 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 7,810 8,719 8,550 8,662 8,752 8,959 8,999 9,072
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 1,025 1,063 1,059 1,066 1,064 1,038 1,036 1,04766 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 2,291 2,365 2,355 2,385 2,386 2,233 2,232 2,258
86-88 Human health and social work activities 18,214 19,498 19,130 19,201 19,253 20,170 20,245 20,39186 Human health activities 9,666 10,117 10,020 9,999 9,973 10,386 10,392 10,45487 Residential care activities 6,196 6,678 6,437 6,495 6,573 6,996 7,066 7,14188 Social work activities without accommodation 2,352 2,703 2,673 2,707 2,707 2,788 2,787 2,796
90-93 Arts, entertainment and recreation 10,810 10,840 10,726 10,786 10,831 11,242 11,327 11,52490 Creative, arts and entertainment activities 863 960 936 950 963 982 990 1,011
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March2020
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March 2021
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January 2020
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… Table 1. Full-time employment classified by period and economic activity
Average 2019
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NACE division
Economic activity
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 526 550 548 546 546 576 574 57392 Gambling and betting activities 8,257 8,086 8,009 8,038 8,071 8,415 8,495 8,65293 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 1,164 1,244 1,233 1,252 1,251 1,269 1,268 1,288
94-96 Other service activities 4,755 5,051 5,046 5,093 5,074 5,110 5,144 5,15494 Activities of membership organisations 866 918 927 930 928 932 945 95195 Repair of computers and personal and household goods 375 398 389 394 390 420 423 42896 Other personal service activities 3,514 3,735 3,730 3,769 3,756 3,758 3,776 3,775
97-98 Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use 360 370 374 368 369 374 376 379
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 359 370 373 367 369 374 376 37998 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for
own use 1 - 1 1 - - - -
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 230 230 225 224 225 241 242 248
1 Public sector employment for January, February, March 2021 stood at 50,723, 50,750 and 50,808 respectively while the full-time equivalent (FTE) was calculated at 47,345, 47,386 and 47,419 respectively. Refer tomethodological note 5.
01-99 Total Gainfully Occupied (including apprentices)
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
March 2021
January 2021
… Table 2. Full-time employment classified by period, economic activity and category
March2020
(Revised)
February2020
(Revised)
January 2020
(Revised)
Average 2020
(Revised)
Average 2019
February 2021
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NACE division
Economic activity
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2,646 2,877 2,782 2,795 2,806 3,006 3,031 3,04301 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service
86-88 Human health and social work activities 3,536 3,604 3,589 3,598 3,580 3,605 3,563 3,58786 Human health activities 1,269 1,366 1,268 1,259 1,288 1,505 1,456 1,497
Total 33,725 32,267 32,868 32,875 32,095 31,846 31,929 31,899
Total part-timers 62,798 63,343 63,132 63,362 62,511 64,251 64,582 64,946
Average 2020
(Revised)
... Table 4. Part-time employment classified by period, economic activity, part-time job type and category
Average 2019
January 2020
(Revised)
01-99 Total
Part-timers holdinga full-time job
Part-time as a primary job
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Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
Part-timers holdinga full-time job
Part-time as a primary job
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(Revised)
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● Labour Supply: Full-time gainfully occupied population and the registered unemployed population.
● Apprentices, trainees and students: Includes apprentices, trainees, Junior College and University students in thesummer work-phase, undergraduate trainees and trainees with fixed contracts.
● Regional employment: Data on Malta/Gozo employment differs on the basis of economic sector. Accordingly, the data onprivate sector employment depends on employee residence, whereas data for public sector depends on employerinformation on the location of its employees.
● Full-time equivalent (FTE): Employment in full-time equivalent is a conversion method used to measure the number ofemployees according to the number of hours worked. When using FTE a full-time employee working a 40-hour week isequivalent to 1.0, whereas a person who works 20 hours per week is equivalent to 0.5. Table 2 of this release includespersons who work full-time, persons on a full-time with reduced hours basis and full-time employees who are on unpaidleave. When converting these figures into FTE, full-time employees are considered as 1 whereas persons working full-timewith reduced hours or who are on unpaid leave are considered according to the hours worked. FTE data is currentlyavailable in respect of public sector employment and is based on the administrative records of the People and StandardsDivision within the Office of the Prime Minister. FTE information for the private sector is not available.
● Part 1 of the unemployment register: Persons registering under Part 1 are either new job seekers who have left school,re-entrants into the labour market, or individuals who have been made redundant by their former employer.
● Part 2 of the unemployment register: Persons registering under Part 2 are either workers who have been dismissed fromwork due to disciplinary action, left work out of their own free will, refused work or training opportunities or were struck offthe register after an inspection by Law Enforcement personnel.
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Methodological Notes
Definitions:
The data provided in this release, including the relevant classifications, is based on administrative records held at Jobsplus.The information contained in this release may be subject to revision.
The National Statistics Office publishes, on a quarterly basis, another set of statistics on employment and unemploymentbased on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). When compiling LFS statistics, the NSO adopts the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) definition, an internationally agreed definition on employment and unemployment. This definition has alsobeen adopted by Eurostat and is used by all EU Member States. More details regarding the methodology used for thecompilation of employment and unemployment statistics from the LFS may be found in quarterly LFS news releases.
Since Jobsplus records and LFS results measure two different facets of employment and unemployment, these are notcomparable. Users are therefore cautioned that these two sets of statistics should not be used interchangeably.
Full-time and part-time status is determined by the employer's declaration (or that made by a self-employed person) in theengagement form which is required to be sent to Jobsplus upon commencement of employment.
Apprentices are included under their respective economic activity.