LCQ16: Statistics on employees’ salaries
Following is a question by the Hon Kwok Wai-keung and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr James Lau, in the Legislative Council today (November 6):
Question:
Regarding each and all of the selected industry sections listed in the table below, will the Government inform this Council of the following information on middle-level managerial and professional employees in each year of 2017 and 2018: (i) the Nominal Salary Index (A), (ii) the Real Salary Index (A), (iii) the Nominal Salary Index (B), (iv) the Real Salary Index (B), and (v) the number of employed persons (using the first quarter of 2004 as the base period)?
| Selected industry section | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Manufacturing, electricity and gas supply | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) | |||
| Building and construction and related trades | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) | |||
| Import/export, wholesale and retail trades | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) | |||
| Transportation, storage, communications and travel agencies | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) | |||
| Financing and insurance | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) | |||
| All selected industry sections | (i) | ||
| (ii) | |||
| (iii) | |||
| (iv) | |||
| (v) |
Reply:
President,
Our response to various parts of the question is provided below:
(1) The nominal salary indices (A), real salary indices (A), nominal salary indices (B), real salary indices (B), and number of employed persons for middle-level managerial and professional employees in each and all of the selected industry sections in Hong Kong from 2017 to 2018 are set out in Annex 1.
(2) The nominal indices of payroll per person engaged, real indices of payroll per person engaged, and number of employed persons in each and all of the selected industry sections from 2017 to 2018 are set out in Annex 2.