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Table 20

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(Chapter 6: Employment)

Average Wage Rates for Employees up to Supervisory Level

(Excluding Managerial and Professional Employees) by Industry Sector and by Broad Occupational Group for December 2008

HK$

Craftsmen and operatives

Industry sector

Manufacturing

Wholesale, retail and import/export

trades, restaurants and hotels

Average daily wages

Supervisory, technical, clerical and miscellaneous non-production workers Average monthly salaries

All selected occupations

Average monthly salaries

319

11,882

9,589

11,846

11,846

Transport services

517

13,883

13,648

Financing, insurance, real estate

453

10,456

10,492

and business services

Personal services

541

6,434

6,572

All selected industries(1)

441

11,068

11,079

Note: (1) Figures refer to all industries covered by the Wage Enquiry of Labour Earnings Survey, including the electricity and gas

sector.

Source: Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section (1), Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5550)

Table 21

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Employed Persons by Monthly Employment Earnings

Monthly employment earnings (HK$)

<3,000

3,000-3,999

4,000-4,999

5,000-5,999

6,000-6,999

7,000-7,999

8,000-8,999

9,000-9,999

10,000-13,999

14,000-19,999

20,000-29,999

230,000

Total

Median monthly employment earnings (HK$)

Thousands

2003

2007

2008

147.4

137.2

128.4

250.8

268.8

266.0

142.1

112.7

95.6

184.5

169.5

148.5

224.1

235.5

230.6

212.1

243.2

242.9

240.4

259.0

266.0

175.5

225.9

233.7

547.5

593.5

614.3

372.0

430.7

444.3

343.6

386.5

402.9

350.6

421.4

445.6

3 190.6

3 483.8

3 518.8

10,000

10,100

10,500

Note: Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.

Source: General Household Survey Section (2), Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5508)