Census and Statistics Department - 2001 Population Census Working population by industry (sector) and monthly income from main employment, 2001

Monthly income from main employment	Industry										Total
Monthly income from main employment	Agriculture< & fishing	Mining & quarrying	Manufacturing	Electricity, gas & water	Construction	Wholesale, retail & import/export trades, restaurants & hotels	Transport, storage & communications	Financing, insurance, real estate & business services	Community, social & personal services	Unclassified	Total
None	831	7	4441	8	2855	12500	1894	3480	2886	23	28925
< $2,000	557	-	2880	38	2489	7462	1942	1147	11587	42	28144
$2,000 - $3,999	1917	-	14694	197	10004	41638	10303	5922	193795	109	278579
$4,000 - $5,999	1901	7	32362	312	18282	86208	22112	27335	77976	92	266587
$6,000 - $7,999	1364	7	53884	423	30165	144577	50553	61050	55554	322	397899
$8,000 - $9,999	930	55	54578	775	37214	128933	60436	54348	57874	333	395476
$10,000 - $14,999	1559	155	100492	5325	75076	208089	104697	117951	129245	444	743033
$15,000 - $19,999	586	63	50178	3112	35867	83689	52420	68563	76166	337	370981
$20,000 - $24,999	498	29	32175	2173	18021	49441	25019	51063	72498	199	251116
$25,000 - $29,999	46	8	13514	1163	5249	19148	9691	25812	36508	100	111239
$30,000 - $39,999	262	-	17520	1108	5875	26260	11500	35653	48492	126	146796
$40,000+	307	40	21433	2005	5807	31767	14628	69468	64637	240	210332
Unpaid family workers	2241	-	2801	-	979	12907	1117	1030	2502	22	23599
Total	12999	371	400952	16639	247883	852619	366312	522822	829720	2389	3252706

Note:

The working population refers to persons aged 15 and over who should (a) be engaged in performing work for pay or profit during the seven days before the Census; or (b) have formal job attachment during the seven days before the Census.

For employers or self-employed persons, monthly income from main employment is the amount earned excluding expenses incurred in running their main business. For employees, this is the total amount earned from their main employment including salary or wage, bonus, commission, overtime, housing allowance, tips and other cash allowances. New Year bonus and double pay are excluded. The amount recorded refers to the income for February 2001.

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Concepts and Definitions for the 2001 Population Census