Table 028 : Average monthly salaries of selected occupations | Census and Statistics Department

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HK$

Year	Month	Supervisory and technical workers
Year	Month	Office/administrative supervisor	Accounting supervisor	Estate officer/building services officer
2019	Mar	23,651	25,191	19,889
	Jun	23,917	25,517	20,154
	Sep	23,863	25,778	20,236
	Dec	23,249	25,808	20,236
2020	Mar	23,143	25,852	20,390

HK$

Year	Month	Clerical and secretarial workers
Year	Month	Stock/ purchasing clerk	Bookkeeper/ accounting clerk	General office clerk	Cashier/ chit clerk	Receptionist/ telephone operator	Documentation/ shipping clerk	Receptionist (in restaurants)
2019	Mar	14,998	16,710	14,884	12,632	15,585	16,557	16,051
	Jun	15,201	17,322	15,029	12,909	16,116	16,533	16,658
	Sep	15,500	17,300	15,277	12,925	15,667	16,940	16,152
	Dec	15,082	17,615	15,347	12,833	15,449	16,510	16,150
2020	Mar	15,396	17,651	15,232	12,891	15,510	16,672	16,117

HK$

Year	Month	Service workers
Year	Month	Cook	Waiter/waitress	Guard (in security and investigation)
2019	Mar	19,360	14,286	13,177
	Jun	19,738	14,672	13,560
	Sep	19,901	14,851	13,663
	Dec	19,577	14,818	13,647
2020	Mar	19,349	14,827	13,677

HK$

Year	Month	Miscellaneous non-production workers
Year	Month	General worker	Messenger/ office assistant	Driver	Dishwasher	Cleaner (lavatory) (in pest control and cleaning services)	Cleaner (general) (in pest control and cleaning services)
2019	Mar	12,501	11,343	17,803	13,339	10,384	9,643
	Jun	12,632	11,465	18,314	13,922	10,636	9,884
	Sep	13,224	11,569	18,316	13,748	10,662	9,942
	Dec	13,384	11,580	18,099	13,403	10,756	10,046
2020	Mar	13,031	11,522	18,605	13,234	10,805	10,074

Notes :	Average monthly salaries covers the following elements of payments to workers: (i) basic wages/salaries (including paid holidays and leave); (ii) commission and tips (tips received directly from customers are excluded); (iii) shift allowance; (iv) cost-of-living allowance; (v) meal allowance and meal benefit; (vi) good attendance bonus; (vii) guaranteed year-end bonus/payment; and (viii) other guaranteed bonuses and allowances. Employees under the electric power generation, transmission and distribution, gas manufacture and distribution, railway and cable transport, public bus services, and licensed and franchised ferry services sections are excluded.
	As from the first quarter of 2014, the sample size of the wage enquiry is synchronized at 1 100 establishments in each quarter to provide wage statistics at broad industry section and occupational group levels. Before that, the sample size in the first quarter of each year was different from those in the other quarters.
	N.A.	Not available.
Source :	Wages & Labour Costs Statistics Section (1), Census and Statistics Department (Enquiry telephone no. : 2887 5550 Enquiry e-mail : wage@censtatd.gov.hk)

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