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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)

2010

2014

2015

Nominal Wage Index

Manufacturing

153.7

191.1

199.1

(-1.0)

(+5.6)

(+4.2)

Import/export, wholesale and retail trades

173.5

204.7

210.5

(+4.4)

(+3.0)

(+2.8)

Transportation

153.9

181.7

189.1

(+1.5)

(+4.9)

(+4.1)

Accommodation(") and food services

135.8

176.8

186.2

(+3.4)

(+4.4)

(+5.3)

Financing and insurance

177.9

215.4

222.8

(+2.2)

(+3.8)

(+3.5)

Real estate leasing and maintenance management

167,1

223.6

231.7

(+1.9)

(+2.0)

(+3.7)

Professional and business services

162.0

221.3

236.8

(+3.6)

(+6.2)

(+7.0)

Personal services

196.3

271.9

287.8

(+4.4)

(+7.1)

(+5.9)

All selected industries(2)

163.1

203.3

211.9

(+3.3)

(+4.2)

(+4.2)

Real Wage Index

Manufacturing

107.0

108.7

110.2

(-4.2)

(-1.2)

(+1.4)

Import/export, wholesale and retail trades

120.7

116.5

116.5

(+1.0)

(-3.7)

(+0.1)

Transportation

107.1

103.4

104.7

(-1.7)

(-1.8)

(+1.3)

Accommodation(1) and food services

94.5

100.6

103.1

(+0.1)

(-2.3)

(+2.5)

Financing and insurance

123.8

122.5

123.4

(-1.0)

(-2.9)

(+0.7)

Real estate leasing and maintenance management

116.3

127.2

128.3

(-1.3)

(-4.6)

(+0.9)

Professional and business services

112.8

125.9

131.1

(+0.3)

(-0.6)

(+4.2)

Personal services

136.6

154.6

159.4

(+1.1)

(+0.2)

(+3.1)

All selected industries(2)

113.5

115.7

117.3

(5)

(-2.5)

(+1.5)

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 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.

§

Change within ±0.05%,

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

(For enquiries, please call 2887 5550.)

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