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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 7: Employment)

Average Wage Rates for Employees up to Supervisory Level (Excluding Managerial and Professional Employees) by Broad Occupational Group and by Industry Sector for September 1998

Craftsmen and operatives

Supervisory, technical, clerical and miscellaneous non-production workers

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All selected occupations

Industry sector

Manufacturing

Average daily wages

Average monthly salaries

Average monthly salaries

339

11,693

9,716

Wholesale, retail and import/export

@

11,833

11.833

trades, restaurants and hotels

Transport services

542

13,580

13,818

Financing, insurance, real estate

439

11,481

11,480

and business services

Personal services

534

6,676

7,008

All selected industries")

406

11,573

11,384

Notes: (1) Figures refer to all industries covered by the Labour Earnings Survey, including the electricity and gas sector.

@ Data not available.

Source: Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5083)