Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Macao
Macao: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) was 93.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macao, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macao 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 Macao peaked at 93.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 88.2%, in 2000.
Macao 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) (modeled ILO) in Macao, 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% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 93.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 86.8%, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Macao's 93.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62.3%, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
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 Macao
More work & labour data for Macao
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.74 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.769 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macao?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Macao 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.2% in 2000.
- How does Macao rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Macao ranks 10th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.