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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1984

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SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 1983.

THESE WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT COVERING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1982 AND JUNE 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS 1-

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PERCENTAGE CHANGE

SELECTED MAJOR

PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN

SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY

SEPT. 82 JUNE 83 SEPT. 83

SEPT. 83 ON SEPT. 82

SEPT. 83 ON JUNE 83

MANUFACTURING

856 100 903 400

865 100

+ 1.0

-4.2

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)

81 200

74 400

71 200

-12.4

-4.3

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT, AND 502 800

520 400

527 000

+ 4.8

+1.3

RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

FINANCE,

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE AND 167 700

163 300

162 600

-

3.0

-0.4

BUSINESS SERVICES

* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1982 SHOWS THAT EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 527 000, WAS 4.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1982. EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, AT 865 100, WAS 1.0 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1982.

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