Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (1.8%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4%) for July - September 2025 fell by 0.2 percentage points over the previous period (June - August 2025).

Among the unemployed residents (6,900), the majority of those searching for a new job were previously engaged in the Construction sector and Retail Trade. Meanwhile, the proportion of new labour market entrants seeking their first job went up by 3.8 percentage points from the previous period to 18.3% of the unemployed residents amid the graduation season.

The general underemployment rate (1.5%) for July - September remained unchanged from the previous period, while the underemployment rate of local residents (2.0%) increased slightly by 0.1 percentage point. Among the underemployed residents (5,800), the majority were working in Real Estate & Business Activities and the Construction sector.

Median monthly employment earnings of the employed and the employed residents in the third quarter of 2025 were MOP17,000 and MOP20,000 respectively.

The Employment Survey covers all residential units in the Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane, excluding collective living quarters such as dormitories and care homes for the elderly. Individuals living in these units are included in the survey, and therefore residents of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), as well as non-resident workers, who work in but live outside the Macao SAR are excluded. According to the preliminary estimates from the movement records, an average of about 108,500 Macao SAR residents and non-resident workers worked in the Macao SAR but lived outside the territory during the reference period. The total labour force, consisting of these individuals and the labour force living in the Macao SAR (382,200), increased by 3,400 from the previous period to 490,700.