The National Statistics Office has said in a statement today that both registered full-time employment and part-time employment as the main job increased by 5.0% in October 2016 when compared to the previous year.

It noted that registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 8,155 persons to 138,001. Public sector full-time employment increased by 618 persons to 45,169.

Over a period of one year, the labour supply increased by 3.9 per cent, reaching 186,336. The administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that this was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (8,773) and a drop in registered unemployment (1,750).

Arts, entertainment and recreation, +1,704 and Administrative and support service activities, +1,378 contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to October 2015, the NSO said.

Persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 457 when compared to October 2015, the NSO said, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 8,316 persons. Full-time employment for males and females went up by nearly 4.0 per cent and 6.9 per cent respectively over 2015 levels.

Part-time employment went up by 5.2 per cent when compared to a year earlier. The NSO said that the sectors that contributed most to the overall increase were Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, +736 persons, Transportation and storage, +364 persons and Professional, scientific and technical activities, +332 persons.

Part-timers who also held a full-time job numbered 24,311 up by 5.6 per cent (+1,281 persons) when compared to the corresponding month in 2015. The NSO also noted that employed persons whose part-time job was the primary occupation totalled 35,373 up 5.0 per cent (+1,690 persons) when compared to 2015.

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