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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1980
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY ON FINANCING AND OTHER SERVICES
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THE RESULTS OF AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY ON FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF 1979 SHOWED THAT 113 389 PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN THIS SECTOR OF BUSINESS AS AT NOVEMBER 15, 1979.
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
OF THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE SECTOR, 38 204 WERE IN MONETARY INSTITUTIONS (BANKS AND REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN BANKS), 17 172 IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES/AGENCIES, AND 16 609 IN OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
WHEN COMPARED WITH 109 877 PERSONS ENGAGED IN AUGUST 1979, THE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 3 500 PERSONS OR 3.2 PER CENT, AND WHEN COMPARED WITH 98 225 PERSONS ENGAGED IN NOVEMBER 1978, THE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 15 200 PERSONS OR 15.4 PER CENT.
THE MAIN INCREASES FROM AUGUST 1979 TO NOVEMBER 1979 OCCURRED IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES/AGENCIES, MONETARY INSTITUTIONS, OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, AS SHOWN BELOW-
INDUSTRY
PERSONS
PERSONS
PERSONS
ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN GROUP NOVEMBER 1978 AUGUST 1979 NOVEMBER 1979
CHANGE OF NOV 1979 OVER AUG 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED
% CHANGE
OTHER
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
13 163 15 392
16 609
+1 217
+7.9
REAL ESTATE
COMPANIES/
AGENCIES
15 234
16 603
17 172
569
+3.4
MONETARY
INSTITUTIONS
33 771
37 752
38 204
+
452
+1.2
ENGINEERING J
ARCHITECTURAL
AND TECHNICAL
SERVICES
6 149
7 190 7 485
295 +4.1
DETAILED FIGURES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS AND BREAKDOWNS BY INDUSTRY SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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