Number of expat managers in Oman's private sector falls

Muscat: The number of expat managers in the private sector in the Sultanate has fallen.
Against 39,130 last December the number of such managers fell to 37, 966 at the end of April, a decline of roughly 3 per cent. The gap has been filled by national workforce.
According to the data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the number of male managers declined from about 37,000 to 35,835 while the numbers of female managers remained at the level of 2,130.
Expat managers constitute 2.2 per cent of the total number of expatriate labour force in the private sector, which rose by the end of April to 1.7 million, an increase by 66,000 workers from their level at the end of 2015.
The number of expat managers in the private sector in 2015 recorded a decline of 807 workers by the end of December to 39,130 workers, a decline of 2 per cent.
Expatriate labour force is concentrated in construction related professions and services, basic and assisting engineering professions while the number of expat specialists in the scientific, technical and humanitarian fields stands at 78,000.
The latest statistics released by NCSI stated that the number of Omanis working in occupations associated with managers of public administration and business stood at 10,000 workers at the end of last April, forming 4.8 per cent of the total number of Omanis in the private sector, totalling 210,000 workers.
The number of Omanis in the private sector recorded a slight increase of 454 workers in the first four months of 2016.