Median wage of Hong Kong employees jumped 4.3% in 2012

Median monthly pay was at $13,400.

According to the report released by the Census and Statistics Department, the median monthly wage of employees in Hong Kong (excluding employees in the Government as well as student interns, work experience students and live-in domestic workers as exempted by the Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO)) in May - June 2012 was $13,400. 

This was 4.3% higher than the median of $12,800 in May - June 2011.

The change in monthly wages in 2012 when compared with 2011 is useful in reflecting the change in take-home pay of employees between these two years.

In May - June 2012, the 10th, 25th, 75th and 90th percentile monthly wages of Hong Kong employees were $7,300, $9,500, $20,900 and $35,800 respectively. They were 4.5%, 5.0%, 4.7% and 4.2% higher than the corresponding figures in May - June 2011.

Increase in median monthly wage was generally observed for both male and female employees and across the board for all age groups, educational attainment levels, occupational groups and industry sections.