Table 1

	Persons engaged (employment)			Percentage change
Selected major sector	Mar. 2002	Dec. 2002	Mar. 2003	Mar. 2003 over Mar. 2002	Mar. 2003 # over Dec. 2002

Manufacturing	197 400	184 500	178 900	-9.4	-3.0
					[-2.0]

Construction sites	76 900	66 400	66 700	-13.3	+0.4
(manual workers only)					[-1.9]

Wholesale, retail and	996 100	983 000	971 800	-2.4	-1.1
import/export trades,					[-1.5]
restaurants and hotels
- Wholesale	74 300	65 600	64 700	-12.9	-1.4
- Retail	216 300	211 100	209 700	-3.1	-0.7
- Import and export trades	491 900	499 700	499 200	+1.5	-0.1
- Restaurants	187 600	180 500	172 800	-7.9	-4.3
- Hotels and boarding houses	26 000	26 000	25 400	-2.3	-2.3

Transport, storage and	181 300	175 700	172 500	-4.9	-1.8
communications					[@]
- Transport and storage	144 800	144 600	144 200	-0.4	-0.2
- Communications	36 500	31 100	28 200	-22.7	-9.4

Financing, insurance, real estate	423 400	441 300	422 500	-0.2	-4.3
and business services					[-2.3]
- Financing and insurance	155 100	152 100	149 400	-3.7	-1.8
- Real estate	82 200	87 200	84 100	+2.3	-3.6
- Business services	186 100	202 000	189 000	+1.6	-6.4

Community, social and	392 100	402 600	398 100	+1.5	-1.1
personal services					[-0.9]


Notes :	(1)	Figures relate only to those industries covered in the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites.

	#	In this column, unbracketed figures are compiled based on the original series (i.e. not seasonally adjusted data series), while figures in [ ] are compiled based on the seasonally adjusted figures. Seasonally adjusted change is not available for breakdowns beyond major sector level. The seasonally adjusted data series, and hence its percentage change, are subject to routine revison when more up-to-date figures become available.

	@	Quarterly percentage change based on seasonally adjusted figures is not presented as no clear seasonal pattern is displayed in the sector.