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As for the community, social and personal services sector, average payroll per person engaged recorded a moderate increase of 7.8% in nominal terms, equivalent to a decline of 1.3% in real terms. However, the decline was attributable in part to a high base of comparison in June 1994 when a substantial amount of retirement/contract gratuities were paid out by some establishments engaged in education services.
Changes in the indices of payroll per person engaged between the second quarter of 1994 and the second quarter of 1995 for selected major sectors, in both nominal and real terms, are shown in the table as follows:
Year-on-Year Change in Indices of Payroll Per Person Engaged by Selected Major Industry Sector
% Change for second quarter 1995
over second quarter 1994
Selected Major Industry
in nominal terms
in real terms Sector
Manufacturing
+10:5
Wholesale, Retail and
+12.5
+1.2
+3.0
Import/Export Trades,
Restaurants and Hotels
! :
Transport, Storage and
+14.0
+4.4
Communication
Financing, Insurance, Real
+14.8
+5.1
Estate and Business Services
Community, Social and Personal
+7.8
-1.3
Services
All Industry Sectors
+13.1
+3.6