According to the latest data from the National Statistics Office on the regional labour supply, commuter workers were predominantly Gozo and Comino residents working on a full-time basis in Malta, accounting for 3,494 persons during 2022, of which 54.8% worked in the public sector, the remaining worked in the private sector.

The NSO noted that “this implied that approximately one out of every five employed persons resident in Gozo and Comino region worked in the Malta region and 50.7% were females.”

The males who worked in the private sector accounted for 29.3% of the total full-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents in Malta region while the females who worked in the public sector accounted for 33.2% of the total.

Gozo and Comino residents, in full-time employment last year reached 17,702, an increase of 5.7% over 2021, the National Statistics Office said.

The largest share of Gozo and Comino residents with a full-time job in the public sector was in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities, amounting to 80.7% of total public sector.

When compared to 2021, full-time employment in Gozo and Comino region increased by 4.8% to 13,661.

The NSO noted that full-time employment in Gozo and Comino in the private sector accounted for 70.8% of the total. The largest share worked in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities, accounting to 32.9% of total private sector.

The largest share of full-time employment in the Gozo and Comino region in the public sector was in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities – 75.9%.

91.2% of full-time Gozo and Comino commuter workers working within the public sector worked in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities, while 36.4% of those in the private sector worked in the professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities.

In addition, the NSO said that both the full-time males and females who were Gozo and Comino residents and worked in Malta region were predominantly employed in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities.

The NSO said that percentage distribution of the part-time employment differed throughout all economic activities. In 2022, total part-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents amounted to 6,079 of which, 60.2% were part-time secondary employment and the remaining were part-time primary.

The largest share of part-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents was registered in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities), contributing to 31.7% of the total. This featured in both part-time primary and secondary.

In 2022, the NSO noted that jobs by full-time private sector employees in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 55.5 and 38.3% of total jobs respectively.

Full-time self-employed jobs in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 8.5 and 11.8% of total jobs respectively. Total part-time employment in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions was of 66,415 and 5,634 respectively, accounting for 21.0 and 29.2% of total jobs within the respective region.

The NSO explained that the differences in the distribution of jobs (by sector, type and sex) by place of residence and place of work were mainly attributable to the significant amount of Gozo and Comino residents working in Malta region.

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