Macau’s general unemployment rate (2.0 per cent) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.6 per cent) for May-July 2025 slightly increased by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (April-June) due to a rise in the number of new labour market entrants seeking their first job during graduation season, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
With some fresh graduates entering the labour market, the proportion of new labour market entrants seeking their first job rose by 2.7 percentage points to 13.7 per cent of the unemployed residents (7,600). Among the unemployed residents searching for a new job, most of them were previously engaged in the Construction sector, Retail Trade and the Gaming sector.
The general underemployment rate (1.7 per cent) and the underemployment rate of local residents (2.1 per cent) both grew by 0.1 percentage point over the previous period. Among the underemployed residents (6,100), the majority were working in the Construction sector and Real Estate & Business Activities.
Meanwhile, an average of about 107,900 Macau SAR residents and non-resident workers worked in the SAR but lived outside the territory during the reference period, according to DSEC. The total labour force, consisting of these individuals and the labour force living in the Macau SAR (379,100), increased by 300 from the previous period to 487,000.
Source: DSEC
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