18,187 EU nationals (not including Maltese nationals) working in Malta up until last May, Employment Minister Evarist Bartolo said in Parliament.
He was responding to a Parliamentary Question by PN MP Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici.
The majority, 3,491 EU nationals, worked in the accommodation and food service industry. Other areas of note include 2,608 EU nationals in administrative and support service activities, and 2,935 EU nationals in the arts, entertainment and recreational sectors.