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
2016	Dec	23,616	25,046	17,941
2017	Mar	23,263	25,292	18,309
	Jun	23,494	25,176	18,530
	Sep	23,673	25,506	18,728
	Dec	24,105	25,079	18,975

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)
2016	Dec	13,175	15,910	13,200	11,655	14,111	15,789	13,943
2017	Mar	13,431	16,206	13,601	11,749	14,061	15,972	14,129
	Jun	13,913	16,039	14,051	12,017	14,380	16,312	14,304
	Sep	14,054	16,204	14,128	12,006	14,600	16,513	15,101
	Dec	13,960	16,473	14,126	12,032	14,841	16,572	15,109

HK$

Year	Month	Service workers
Year	Month	Cook	Waiter/waitress	Guard (in security and investigation)
2016	Dec	17,385	12,530	12,005
2017	Mar	17,929	12,688	12,053
	Jun	18,244	13,024	12,436
	Sep	18,414	13,225	12,639
	Dec	18,571	13,254	12,570

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)
2016	Dec	10,780	10,740	16,295	12,351	9,356	8,690
2017	Mar	10,915	10,873	16,196	12,431	9,419	8,698
	Jun	11,202	10,963	16,404	12,276	9,770	8,951
	Sep	11,409	10,996	16,707	12,572	9,845	9,043
	Dec	11,396	10,976	17,089	12,426	9,906	9,148

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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