In February 2015, registered full-time employment increased by 4.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, 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) increased by 3.0 per cent, reaching 173,549.

This was mainly due to an increase of 6,622 persons in the full-time gainfully occupied population and a drop of 1,563 persons in registered unemployment.

In February 2015, administrative and support service activities and professional, scientific and technical activities contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to February 2014.

Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 6,180 persons to 123,467. Public sector full- time employment increased by 442 persons to 43,892.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 555 when compared to February 2014, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 6,067.

Full-time employment for males and females went up by 3.2 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively over 2014 levels.

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