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Table 19

Appendices

6

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Wage Indices for Employees up to Supervisory Level (Excluding Managerial and Professional Employees) by Industry

Industry

Wage Index (September 1992=100)

2009

2013

2014

Nominal Wage Index

Manufacturing

155.3

180.9

191.1

(-2.9)

(+4.7)

(+5.6)

Import/export, wholesale and retail trades

166.2

198.8

204.7

(+0.7)

(+1.9)

(+3.0)

Transportation

151.6

173.2

181.7

(+1.7)

(+4.1)

(+4.9)

Accommodation(1) and food services

131.4

169.4

176.8

(-0.2)

(+3.7)

(+4.4)

Financing and insurance

174.0

207.5

215.4

(+2.1)

(+2.8)

(+3.8)

Real estate leasing and maintenance management

164.0

219.2

223.6

(+1.2)

(+9.7)

(+2.0)

Professional and business services

156.4

208.3

221.3

(+2.2)

(+8.1)

(+6.2)

Personal services

187.9

253.8

271.9

(-0.1)

(+5.4)

(+7.1)

All selected industries(2)

157.9

195.2

203.3

(+0.8)

(+4.1)

(+4.2)

Real Wage Index

Manufacturing

111.6

110.0

108.7

(-5.2)

(+0.4)

(-1.2)

Import/export, wholesale and retail trades

119.5

120.9

116.5

(-1.7)

(-2.3)

(-3.7)

Transportation

109.0

105.3

103.4

(-0.8)

(-0.2)

(-1.8)

Accommodation(1) and food services

94.4

103.0

100.6

(-2.5)

(-0.5)

(-2.3)

Financing and insurance

125.1

126.2

122.5

(-0.3)

(-1.4)

(-2.9)

Real estate leasing and maintenance management

117.9

133.2

127.2

(-1.2)

(+5.2)

(-4.6)

Professional and business services

112.5

126.6

125.9

(-0.2)

(+3.6)

(-0.6)

Personal services

135.1

154.3

154.6

(-2.5)

(+1.1)

(+0.2)

All selected industries(2)

113.5

118.7

115,7

(-1.6)

(-0.2)

(-2.5)

Notes:

Figures refer to December of the year. Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year.

Real Wage Index is derived by deflating the corresponding Nominal Wage Index by the 2009/10-based CPI(A).

(1) 'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-

term accommodation.

(2) 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, Census and Statistics Department

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