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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978
RESULTS OF EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN MAY .
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MORE THAN 86,700 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES IN MAY 1978, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF THREE PER CENT OR ABOUT 2,260 PEOPLE OVER FEBRUARY 1978 AND 14 PER CENT OR ABOUT 76,000 PEOPLE OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE MAJOR TRADES AND SERVICES IN WHICH THESE PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED ARE : MONETARY INSTITUTIONS (INCLUDING BANKS) (31,393), REAL ESTATE COMPANIES AND AGENCIES (13,540), OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (10,152) AND INSURANCE COMPANIES (5,089).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES IN THE TRADES AND SERVICES SECTORS IN MAY 1978 AS COMPARED WITH THOSE IN FEBRUARY 1978 AND IN MAY 1977.
MAY
TRADE/SERVICE
FEB. 1977 1978
MAY
1978
CHANGE OF MAY 1978 OVER FEB. 1978
CHANGE OF
MAY 1978 OVER
MAY 1977
NUMBER % CHANGE
NUMBER % CHANGE
MONETARY
INSTITUTIONS 28,868 30,572 31,393
+821 + 2.7
+2,525 + 8.7
OTHER FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS 8,923 9,847 10,152
+305
+ 3.1
+1,229 +13.8
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
INSURANCE
729 696
4,632 4,841 5,089
652
-44
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- 6.3
-77 -10.6
+248
+ 5.1
REAL ESTATE
11,041 13,323 13,540
+217
+ 1.6
+457
+2,499
+ 9.9
+22.6
LEGAL SERVICES 3,258 3,675
3,782
+107
+ 2.9
+524 +16.1
ACCOUNTING,
AUDITING AND
BOOK-KEEPING
SERVICES
3,295 4,445
4,265
-180
4.0
+970 +29.4
DATA PROCESSING
AND TABULATING
SERVICES
648
732
735
+3 + 0.4
+87 +13.4
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