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Table 20

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Average Wage Rates for Employees up to Supervisory Level (Excluding Managerial and Professional Employees) by Industry for December 2009

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Industry

Manufacturing

Import/export, wholesale and retail trades

Transportation

Accommodation and food services

Financing and insurance

Real estate leasing and maintenance management

Professional and business services

Personal services

All selected industries(1)

Notes: Figures are compiled based on Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0.

HK$

All selected occupations Average monthly salaries

8,900

14,007

14,642

8,994

17,305

8,907

7,329

11,539

11,342

(1) Figures refer to all industries covered by the Wage Enquiry of the Labour Earnings Survey, including the electricity and gas supply industry, sewerage and waste management activities industry and publishing activities industry, the statistics of which are not separately shown.

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

Thousands

2004

2008

2009

160.7

128.4

135.4

252.6

266.0

271.6

140.7

95.6

93.0

193.4

148.5

134.8

235.3

230.6

226.1

227.1

242.9

236.9

248.9

266.0

283.7

192.6

233.7

217.6

540.7

614.3

611.6

381.8

444.3

431.7

341.4

402.9

398.4

358.4

445.6

439.2

3 273.5

3 518.8

3 479.8

9,800

10,500

10,500

Median monthly employment earnings (HK$)

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)