In June, registered full-time jobs increased by 2.1 per cent to 155,715, when compared to the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation indicates an increase of 3,829 in the total labour supply. This was attributed to an increase of 3,247 in gainfully occupied jobs and a rise of 582 in the number of registered unemployed.

The Education sector, +947 jobs, registered the highest year-on-year increase in full-time employment, followed by Administrative and Support Services, +931. On the other hand, full-time employment in Construction dropped by 516 jobs when compared to the corresponding month in 2012.

Full-time employment within the private sector rose by 2.0 per cent to 113,884, with the major increases registered in Administrative and Support Services, +13.2 per cent and Professional, Scientific and Technical activities, +6.1 per cent. On the other hand, public sector employment went up by 2.6 per cent when compared to 2012 levels. The highest increases in public sector employment were reported in the Education Sector, +714 jobs.

Compared to June 2012, the number of jobs held by employees increased by 2.3 per cent, while the number of self-employed rose by 0.6 per cent, to 17,995. Female employment increased by 2,692 when compared to the corresponding month last year, reaching 55,201 jobs.

Registered part-time employment also went up by 3.6 per cent, or 2,000 jobs, when compared to last year’s levels. The economic activity which contributed mostly to this increase was the Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector, +592 jobs. On the other hand, the number of part-time jobs in Arts, entertainment and recreation went down by 111.

In June 2013, part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 41.9 per cent of total part-time employment, with 67.3 per cent of part-timers within this category being males. Nevertheless, an increase of 7.4 per cent was recorded among females.

During the same month, persons who held a part-time job as their primary occupation went up by 4.1 per cent, with the highest percentage increase being recorded among males (+4.3 per cent).

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