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13 NEWS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2023 IN 2022, total employed per- sons (full-time and part-time as a primary job) in Malta amount- ed to 296,110, an increase of 7.8 per cent when compared to the previous year. The shares of the Malta region by place of resi- dence and place of work stood at 93.2 and 94.7 per cent respec- tively. The labour supply is composed of persons in employment and those registering for work. To examine regional labour supply in Malta at NUTS 3 level, em- ployment statistics are being presented under two different variants; by place of residence and place of work respectively. Persons working outside their region of residence are referred to as commuter workers. Employed persons in Mal- ta region (by place of work), exceeded the total number of employed persons resident in Malta region (by place of resi- dence). The contrary prevailed in the case of Gozo and Comino re- gion. The difference represents the net balance of commuter workers across the respective regions. Commuter workers were predominantly Gozo and Comino residents working in the Malta region, accounting to 3,939 employed persons during 2022. This implied that approximately one out of every five employed persons resident in Gozo and Comino region worked in the Malta region and 50.7 per cent were females. In 2022, the highest pro- portion of employed persons in Malta were in wholesale and retail trade; repair of mo- tor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; ac- commodation and food service activities (G, H and I) and the public administration and de- fence; compulsory social secu- rity; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q), at 25.6 and 20.8 per cent respectively. Malta region had the highest proportion of employed per- sons in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transporta- tion and storage; accommoda- tion and food service activities (G, H and I), while in the Gozo and Comino region the majori- ty worked in the public admin- istration and defence; compul- sory social security; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q). Full-time employment: Malta region By place of residence In 2022, Malta residents who worked on a full-time basis reached 245,059, an increase of 8.6 per cent when compared to 2021. The private sector amounted to 81.6 per cent of the total, while the remaining worked in the public sector. By place of work Full-time employment in Malta region in 2022 stood at 249,100, reflecting an increase of 8.6 per cent over 2021. Full- time employment in the private sector accounted for 81.1 per cent of the total, the remaining 18.9 per cent being in the public sector. The males who worked in the private sector accounted for 51.2 per cent of total full-time employment in Malta region. The highest proportion of full- time employment in Malta region was registered in the wholesale and retail trade; re- pair of motor vehicles and mo- torcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities (G, H and I) which accounted to 24.5 per cent of the total. Full-time employment: Gozo and Comino region By place of residence In 2022, Gozo and Comino residents with a full-time job totalled 17,702, reflecting an increase of 5.7 per cent when compared to 2021. The private sector accounted to 66.0 per cent of the total. The largest share of Gozo and Comino residents with a full- time job in the public sector was in the public administration and defence; compulsory social se- curity; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q), amounting to 80.7 per cent of total public sector. On the other hand, the larg- est proportion of full-time employed Gozo and Comino residents in the private sec- tor worked in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of mo- tor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; ac- commodation and food service activities (G, H and I), account- ing to 29.8 per cent of total pri- vate sector. In addition, both the males and females who were Gozo and Comino residents and worked full-time were predominantly employed in the public admin- istration and defence; compul- sory social security; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q). By place of work In 2022, full-time employ- ment in Gozo and Comino re- gion amounted to 13,661, an increase of 4.8 per cent when compared to 2021. Full-time employment in the private sec- tor accounted for 70.8 per cent of the total and the males who worked in this sector accounted for 44.7 per cent of total full- time employment in Gozo and Comino region. The largest share of full-time employment in the private sector was in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of mo- tor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; ac- commodation and food service activities (G, H and I) at 32.9 per cent. In the public sector, the share of public administration and defence; compulsory so- cial security; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q) accounted for 75.9 per cent (Chart 4b). Full-time males in the Gozo and Comino region were pre- dominantly employed in the wholesale and retail trade; re- pair of motor vehicles and mo- torcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities (G, H and I) while the females were mainly employed in the public admin- istration and defence; compul- sory social security; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q). Full-time Gozo and Comino residents working in Malta region In 2022, Gozo and Comino residents employed on a full- time basis in Malta region to- talled 3,494, of which, 54.8 per cent worked in the public sec- tor and the remaining worked in the private sector. The males who worked in the private sec- tor accounted for 29.3 per cent of the total full-time employ- ment of Gozo and Comino resi- dents in Malta region while the females who worked in the pub- lic sector accounted for 33.2 per cent of the total. During the same year, 91.2 per cent of those working within the public sector worked in the public administration and de- fence; compulsory social securi- ty; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q) while 36.4 per cent of those in the private sector worked in the professional, scientific and technical activities; administra- tive and support service activi- ties (M and N). In addition, both the full-time males and females who were Gozo and Comino residents and worked in Malta region were predominantly employed in the public administration and defence; compulsory so- cial security; education; human health and social work activities (O, P and Q). Part-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents The percentage distribution of the part-time employment dif- fered throughout all economic activities. In 2022, total part- time employment of Gozo and Comino residents amounted to 6,079 of which, 60.2 per cent were part-time secondary em- ployment and the remaining were part-time primary. The largest share of part- time employment of Gozo and Comino residents was regis- tered in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transporta- tion and storage; accommoda- tion and food service activities (G, H and I), contributing to 31.7 per cent of the total. This featured in both part-time pri- mary and secondary. Employment in jobs In 2022, jobs by full-time pri- vate sector employees in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 55.5 and 38.3 per cent of total jobs respectively. Full-time self-employed jobs in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 8.5 and 11.8 per cent of total jobs re- spectively. Total part-time employment in Malta and Gozo and Comi- no regions was of 66,415 and 5,634 respectively, accounting for 21.0 and 29.2 per cent of total jobs within the respective region. The differences in the distri- bution of jobs (by sector, type and sex) by place of residence and place of work were mainly attributable to the significant amount of Gozo and Comino residents working in Malta re- gion. Total employed persons in 2022 reached 296,110