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Table 4: Changes in Real Indices of Payroll Per Person Engaged by Economic Sector, 1994 to 1996

Economic Sector

Year-on-year change in real index (%)

30

30

30

1994

1995

1996

Mining and Quarrying

-4.6

-2.2

2.3

Manufacturing

3.1

4.2

-0.9

Electricity and Gas

6.4

2.8

-2.3

Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export

-3.0

2.9

5.2

Trades, Restaurants and Hotels

Transport, Storage and

3.7

2,5

1.t

Communications

Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and

0,1

4.0

2.6

Business Services

Community, Social and Personal

7.4

2.3

2.9

Services

Source: Labour Earnings Survey, Census and Statistics Department.

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