In May, registered full-time employment increased by 3.5 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year, while registered part-time employment as a primary job rose by 6.3 per cent, the National Statistics Office said today.

Administrative data provided by the ETC show that over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers, see methodological notes) increased by 3.2 per cent, reaching 169,297. This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (+5,432) and a drop in registered unemployment (-151).

In the month under review, the Administrative and Support Services Activities and the Human Health and Social Work Activities contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to the corresponding month last year.

Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 3,611 persons, to 118,577. Public sector full-time employment increased by 1,821 persons to 43,579.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 508 when compared to May last year, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 4,924. Male and female full-time employment went up by 2.5 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively over 2013 levels.

Registered part-time employment in May went up by 5.5 per cent when compared to last year. The sectors that contributed mostly to the overall increase in part-time employment were Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles +648 persons, followed by Accommodation and Food Service activities +508.

In May, the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,455, up by 4.5 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 34,794, up by 6.3 per cent, or 2,058 persons, when compared to 2013 levels.

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