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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.82 HKD = 1 USD
585,849 HKD $74,946 USD		484,651 HKD $62,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.82 HKD = 1 USD

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Average salary in Hong Kong is 585,849 HKD per year. The most typical earning is 484,651 HKD. All data are based on 1,889 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 676,166 HKD. Women receive a salary of 515,919 HKD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 841,104 HKD and Law with income 747,300 HKD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 846,576 HKD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 680,856 HKD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 940,379 HKD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 895,823 HKD.

Levels / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

Salary Levels (HKD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
78,200 HKD - 117,199 HKD	13	100% 0.69%
117,300 HKD - 156,299 HKD	63	99.31% 3.34%
156,300 HKD - 195,399 HKD	87	95.98% 4.61%
195,400 HKD - 234,499 HKD	130	91.37% 6.88%
234,500 HKD - 273,599 HKD	136	84.49% 7.2%
273,600 HKD - 312,699 HKD	124	77.29% 6.56%
312,700 HKD - 351,799 HKD	85	70.73% 4.5%
351,800 HKD - 390,799 HKD	105	66.23% 5.56%
390,800 HKD - 429,899 HKD	122	60.67% 6.46%
429,900 HKD - 468,999 HKD	70	54.21% 3.71%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
469,000 HKD - 508,099 HKD	154	50.5% 8.15%
508,100 HKD - 547,199 HKD	54	42.35% 2.86%
547,200 HKD - 586,299 HKD	44	39.49% 2.33%
586,300 HKD - 625,299 HKD	102	37.16% 5.4%
625,400 HKD - 664,399 HKD	44	31.76% 2.33%
664,400 HKD - 703,499 HKD	44	29.43% 2.33%
703,500 HKD - 742,599 HKD	43	27.1% 2.28%
742,600 HKD - 781,699 HKD	25	24.83% 1.32%
781,700 HKD - 820,799 HKD	63	23.5% 3.34%
820,800 HKD - 859,899 HKD	25	20.17% 1.32%
859,900 HKD - 898,899 HKD	11	18.85% 0.58%
898,900 HKD - 937,999 HKD	25	18.26% 1.32%
938,000 HKD - 977,099 HKD	18	16.94% 0.95%
977,100 HKD - 1,016,199 HKD	85	15.99% 4.5%
1,016,200 HKD - 1,055,299 HKD	7	11.49% 0.37%
1,055,300 HKD - 1,094,399 HKD	7	11.12% 0.37%
1,094,400 HKD - 1,133,499 HKD	15	10.75% 0.79%
1,133,500 HKD - 1,172,499 HKD	4	9.95% 0.21%
HIGH SALARIES
1,172,500 HKD - 1,250,699 HKD	47	9.74% 2.49%
1,250,700 HKD - 1,328,899 HKD	12	7.25% 0.64%
1,328,900 HKD - 1,406,999 HKD	4	6.62% 0.21%
1,407,100 HKD - 1,485,199 HKD	15	6.41% 0.79%
1,485,200 HKD - 1,563,399 HKD	29	5.61% 1.54%
1,563,400 HKD - 1,641,599 HKD	12	4.08% 0.64%
1,641,600 HKD - 1,719,699 HKD	4	3.44% 0.21%
1,719,700 HKD - 1,797,899 HKD	3	3.23% 0.16%
1,797,900 HKD - 1,876,099 HKD	7	3.07% 0.37%
1,876,100 HKD - 1,954,199 HKD	6	2.7% 0.32%
1,954,200 HKD - 2,735,899 HKD	45	2.38% 2.38%

Gender / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	846	676,166 HKD
2	Women	664	515,919 HKD

Education / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	48	846,576 HKD
2	Masters Degree	614	680,856 HKD
3	Bachelors Degree	1,004	534,679 HKD
4	High School	92	526,862 HKD
5	Some College	119	500,285 HKD
6	Bellow H. School	12	308,769 HKD

Experience / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	240	940,379 HKD
2	16-20 Years	163	895,823 HKD
3	12-16 Years	220	723,850 HKD
4	8-12 Years	350	628,483 HKD
5	4-8 Years	381	472,144 HKD
6	2-4 Years	222	365,833 HKD
7	1-2 Years	127	352,544 HKD
8	0-1 Year	186	268,903 HKD

Age / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	2,016,774 HKD
2	61-65	7	1,428,939 HKD
3	56-60	25	1,058,415 HKD
4	51-55	53	988,063 HKD
5	46-50	134	942,724 HKD
6	41-45	138	869,245 HKD
7	36-40	279	712,906 HKD
8	31-35	303	549,531 HKD
9	n/a	379	506,538 HKD
10	26-30	354	415,080 HKD
11	14-20	20	322,058 HKD
12	21-25	196	300,171 HKD

Work Type / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	51	666,786 HKD
2	Permanent	1,637	597,997 HKD
3	Contract	164	490,123 HKD
4	Part Time	37	358,016 HKD

Cities / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Hong Kong	1,889	585,489 HKD

Career Groups / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	242	841,104 HKD
2	Law	28	747,300 HKD
3	Finance & Banking	217	735,575 HKD
4	Properties & Real Estates	17	730,103 HKD
5	Health Care & Medical	24	727,758 HKD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	8	722,286 HKD
7	Construction & Labor Workers	42	685,546 HKD
8	Aviation & Shipping	29	673,821 HKD
9	Insurance	38	670,694 HKD
10	IT & Programming II	47	599,560 HKD
11	Public Sector	8	582,363 HKD
12	IT & Programming	134	578,454 HKD
13	Engineers & Technicians V	9	558,912 HKD
14	Human Resources	164	555,003 HKD
15	Architect Constructions	56	549,531 HKD
16	Engineers & Technicians II	4	530,771 HKD
17	Education & University	93	517,482 HKD
18	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	160	498,721 HKD
19	Fashion	21	488,559 HKD
20	Accounting & Administration	164	479,961 HKD
21	Engineers & Technicians	62	478,397 HKD
22	Logistics, Road, Railway	38	472,925 HKD
23	Security & Fireguard	8	462,763 HKD
24	Hotels & Tourism	40	440,094 HKD
25	Health Care & Medical II	25	440,094 HKD
26	Customer Services	29	417,425 HKD
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	26	397,101 HKD
28	Media	26	392,411 HKD
29	Organization & Coordination	24	376,777 HKD
30	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	32	359,579 HKD
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	18	354,108 HKD
32	Making Design	40	339,255 HKD
33	Sports & Recreation	6	277,501 HKD
34	Geography & Geodesy	1	250,924 HKD
35	Arts, Culture, Performance	8	228,255 HKD
36	Engineers & Technicians III	1	165,719 HKD

Careers / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	10	1,319,502 HKD
2	Director	47	1,167,071 HKD
3	Investment Manager	15	1,038,873 HKD
4	General Manager	39	1,031,838 HKD
5	Risk Manager	21	966,957 HKD
6	Construction Project Manager	13	913,020 HKD
7	Business Development Manager	15	813,745 HKD
8	Other Finance Career	30	792,639 HKD
9	IT Manager	29	790,294 HKD
10	Operations Manager	12	767,624 HKD
11	Risk Analyst	10	733,230 HKD
12	Other Human Resource Career	14	732,448 HKD
13	Bank Manager	13	718,378 HKD
14	IT Project Manager	32	716,814 HKD
15	Marketing	9	707,434 HKD
16	Account Manager	21	705,089 HKD
17	Human Resources Manager	78	701,180 HKD
18	Project Manager	21	694,927 HKD
19	Financial Adviser	14	688,673 HKD
20	Audit Manager	9	686,328 HKD
21	Manager	46	684,765 HKD
22	Purchasing Manager	9	671,476 HKD
23	System Analyst	9	666,004 HKD
24	Other Architect Career	14	652,715 HKD
25	Engineering Manager	8	648,807 HKD
26	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	19	647,243 HKD
27	Logistics Manager	13	640,208 HKD
28	Hotel Manager	14	636,300 HKD
29	Finance Manager	15	621,447 HKD
30	Sales Manager	31	606,595 HKD
31	Lecturer	14	588,616 HKD
32	Banks	19	572,201 HKD
33	Other Law Career	11	569,856 HKD
34	Lead Developer	11	559,693 HKD
35	Financial Analyst	39	526,862 HKD
36	Sales	8	492,468 HKD
37	Construction Engineer	10	486,996 HKD
38	Marketing Manager	31	482,306 HKD
39	Architect	28	474,489 HKD
40	Other Management Career	17	469,017 HKD
41	Secondary School Teacher	9	456,510 HKD
42	Software Developer	16	444,784 HKD
43	Senior Accountant	13	441,657 HKD
44	Human Resource	36	415,862 HKD
45	Accountant	21	415,862 HKD
46	Project Coordinator	9	413,516 HKD
47	Fashion Designer	9	393,192 HKD
48	Human Resource Hunter	17	389,284 HKD
49	Logistics	9	379,904 HKD
50	Restaurant Manager	12	377,558 HKD
51	Other Tourism Career	13	369,741 HKD
52	Engineer	23	360,361 HKD
53	Other Education Career	13	322,058 HKD
54	IT Coordinator	11	315,023 HKD
55	English Teacher	10	315,023 HKD
56	Graphic Designer	14	282,973 HKD
57	Marketing Executive	20	232,163 HKD
58	Human Resource Administrator	14	223,564 HKD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Hr Manager

Posted 15 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR Manager role."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	600,000 HKD

Project Manager

Posted 15 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management
Business Development
Mergers and Acquisitions
Financial Modelling 
Tax."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	582,000 HKD

Senior Finance Manager

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"FP&A, Consolidation, Coaching team, financial reporting, SOX compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	1,200,000 HKD

Senior Officer

Posted 20 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Employment relationship
recruitment
policy and report drafting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	241,400 HKD

Manager

Posted 20 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programmer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	234,500 HKD

Financial Controller

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"10+ years exp."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	478,700 HKD

Managing Director

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"FUNDING."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,195,100 HKD

Compliance Officer

Posted 28 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Regulatory Liaison."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	1,195,100 HKD

Analyst

Posted 10 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	463,100 HKD

Sales Team Lead

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales and strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	697,200 HKD

Senior Editor

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write industry-focused articles and reports for clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	597,600 HKD

Hr Manager

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Labour law."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	454,100 HKD

Director

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,211,300 HKD

Controller

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	1,793,300 HKD

Head Of Digital Solution

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"People management, scoping, customer facing, consultation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	776,800 HKD

Business Development Manager

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bellow H. School	12-16 Years	Advanced	298,800 HKD

Hr Manager

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"All rounded."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	746,900 HKD

Internal Control Manager

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Internal audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	724,900 HKD

Operation Manager

Posted 23 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Handle all sales activities in China."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	398,300 HKD

Assistant Reward Officer

Posted 20 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation and beneifts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	239,000 HKD

Office Manager

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Office admin."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	597,500 HKD

Human Resources Business Partner

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, Talent Acquisition."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	474,000 HKD

Trade Compliance

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Import export regulatory operations and compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	1,294,800 HKD

Educational Consultant

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Education related knowleage, career path for students, courses and schools for students etc. Sales skills are also needed."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	478,100 HKD

It Manager

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage team
Scrum master
DevOps
Developer
Team leader."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	712,100 HKD

Regional Sales Director

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Development and Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	648,100 HKD

Risk Manager

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage risk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	997,100 HKD

Digital Design Consultant

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drive digital transformation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	573,400 HKD

Cs Superviosr

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Insurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	498,600 HKD

Onboarding & Kyc Specialist

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"KYC Knowledge."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	239,300 HKD

Project Manager

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	658,100 HKD

General Manager

Posted 09 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"People management, operation management, customer engagement, sales and marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	817,400 HKD

Marketing Director

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales and marketing, licensing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	1,142,000 HKD

Full Stack Developer

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	621,100 HKD

Humanities Teacher

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	420,700 HKD

Research Assistant

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"To do some research assistantship."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	210,400 HKD

Mobile Application Reviewer

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Check content for errors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	276,500 HKD

Financial Engineer

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk pricing, app deployment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,051,800 HKD

Quant

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quant analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	2,735,900 HKD

Manager

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operational risk, cybersecurity, it risk, privacy, records, vendor, payment, continuity, resilience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	2,003,500 HKD

Sales

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Selling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	430,700 HKD

Director, Digital Marketing

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,382,400 HKD

Senior Accountant

Posted 19 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Month end closing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	551,000 HKD

Global Category Manager

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Category Management risk management organization transformation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	1,402,400 HKD

Banker

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bank work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	781,700 HKD

It Procurement Senior Officer

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Procurement, Accounting, Project management, Legal and compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	420,700 HKD

Hr Mgr

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"General."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	535,900 HKD

Project Engineer

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working as client for Civil/Structure Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	745,300 HKD

Affiliate Manager

Posted 06 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	500,900 HKD

Qa Manager

Posted 06 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quality Assurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	350,600 HKD

ECONOMY / Hong Kong

Incomes in this city are the highest across Asia, with more than one-fourth earning 360,000 HKD per annum according to a recent survey by HSBC.

The average salaries for Software Developers are around 400,000 HKD or more. Average salary for IT Project Manager is around 600,000 HKD or more.

Salaries rised in year 2011 in comparison to lowest increasing rate in year 2010 as shows results from the 2011 Culpepper Survey. The number of companies that reported salary freezes has significantly declined in 2011.