Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China
Macau, China: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 93.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China stood at 93.2%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China peaked at 93.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 88.2%, in 2000.
Macau, China ranks 10th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 88.8% | — |
| 1992 | 89.0% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 89.1% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 89.2% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 89.2% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 89.3% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 90.4% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 90.3% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 89.1% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 88.2% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 89.3% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 89.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 88.4% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 89.6% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 90.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 91.4% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 92.6% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 92.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 92.1% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 92.5% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 92.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 93.2% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 93.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 93.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 93.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 93.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 92.7% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 92.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 92.9% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.4% | 88.8% | 90.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 88.2% | 92.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.2% | 92.1% | 93.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.0% | 92.7% | 93.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macau, China
- 7 Saudi Arabia 94.5% compare
- 8 United States of America 93.9% compare
- 9 Russian Federation 93.7% compare
- 11 Belarus 93.2% compare
- 12 Brunei Darussalam 92.7% compare
- 13 Hong Kong, China 92.3% compare
More work & labour data for Macau, China
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.769 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.74 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China was 93.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Macau, China?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Macau, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.2% in 2000.
- How does Macau, China rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Macau, China ranks 10th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Macau, China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macau, China data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.