Nominal Wage Index for employees up to supervisory level (excluding managerial and professional employees) – all selected industry sections⁽¹⁾ (September 1992 = 100) (yoy%)

+4.8  

+5.1  

Real Wage Index for employees up to supervisory level (excluding managerial and professional employees) – all selected industry sections⁽¹⁾ (September 1992 = 100) (yoy%)

+0.4  

+0.9  

Nominal Index of Payroll per Person Engaged – all selected industry sections⁽²⁾ (1st Qtr 1999 = 100)

118.9  

124.3  

Real Index of Payroll per Person Engaged – all selected industry sections⁽²⁾ (1st Qtr 1999 = 100)

112.2  

113.1  

Nominal Salary Index (A) for middle-level managerial and professional employees – all selected industry sections⁽³⁾ (June 1995 = 100) (yoy%)   

+5.9  

+4.3  

Real Salary Index (A) for middle-level managerial and professional employees – all selected industry sections⁽³⁾ (June 1995 = 100) (yoy%)   

+0.5  

+0.5  

Nominal Salary Index (B) for middle-level managerial and professional employees – all selected industry sections⁽³⁾ (June 1995 = 100) (yoy%)   

+7.5  

+5.8  

Real Salary Index (B) for middle-level managerial and professional employees – all selected industry sections⁽³⁾ (June 1995 = 100) (yoy%)   

+2.1  

+2.0  

Median monthly wage – all industry sections⁽⁴⁾

$11,800  

$12,800  

Median hourly wage – all industry sections ^{(4), (5)}

N.A.  

$52.4  

(1)	Refers to all industries covered by the Wage Enquiry of Labour Earnings Survey.
(2)	Refers to all industries covered by the Payroll Enquiry of Labour Earnings Survey.
(3)	Refers to all industries covered by the Survey of Salaries and Employee Benefits – Managerial and Professional Employees (Excluding Top Management).
(4)	Refers to all industries covered by the Annual Earnings and Hours Survey.
(5)	Hourly wage is compiled using a method which takes into account the definitions of hours worked and wages payable under the Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO). They are not directly comparable with the published hourly wage figures for years before 2011 which were compiled using a different calculation method when the MWO had not been implemented.
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