Registered full-time employment in June increased by 3.9 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year, while part-time employment as a primary job rose by 7.0 per cent, official figures issued today show.

The National Statistics Office said that over a period of one year, the labour
supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 3.4 per cent, reaching 170,548.

This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (+6,134) and a drop in registered unemployment (-528).

Administrative and support services activities and human health and social work activities contributed most to the increase in employment, compared to the corresponding month last year.

Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 4,026 persons, to 119,858. Public sector full-time employment increased by 2,108 persons to 43,939.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 506 when compared to June last year, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 5,628. Male and female full-time employment went up by 2.8 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively over 2013 levels.
 
Registered part-time employment in June went up by 5.9 per cent when compared to last year. The sectors that contributed most to the increase in part-time employment were wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles  (+648 persons), followed by accommodation and food service activities (+510).

In June, the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,472, up by 4.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 35,639 up by nearly 7.0 per cent, or 2,329 persons, when compared to 2013 levels.

Registered unemployment in June dropped to 6,751 from 7,279 in June last year.