HONG KONG / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.85 HKD = 1 USD
588,259 HKD $74,958 USD		486,566 HKD $62,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.85 HKD = 1 USD

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Average salary in Hong Kong is 588,259 HKD per year. The most typical earning is 486,566 HKD. All data are based on 1,883 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 679,623 HKD. Women receive a salary of 517,173 HKD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 845,998 HKD and Law with income 750,254 HKD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 849,922 HKD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 685,117 HKD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 944,096 HKD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 899,363 HKD.

Levels / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

Salary Levels (HKD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
78,500 HKD - 117,699 HKD	13	100% 0.69%
117,700 HKD - 156,899 HKD	63	99.31% 3.35%
157,000 HKD - 196,199 HKD	87	95.96% 4.62%
196,200 HKD - 235,399 HKD	130	91.34% 6.9%
235,400 HKD - 274,699 HKD	134	84.44% 7.12%
274,700 HKD - 313,899 HKD	124	77.32% 6.59%
313,900 HKD - 353,099 HKD	85	70.74% 4.51%
353,200 HKD - 392,399 HKD	105	66.22% 5.58%
392,400 HKD - 431,599 HKD	122	60.65% 6.48%
431,600 HKD - 470,899 HKD	70	54.17% 3.72%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
470,900 HKD - 510,099 HKD	153	50.45% 8.13%
510,100 HKD - 549,299 HKD	54	42.33% 2.87%
549,300 HKD - 588,599 HKD	43	39.46% 2.28%
588,600 HKD - 627,799 HKD	101	37.17% 5.36%
627,800 HKD - 667,099 HKD	44	31.81% 2.34%
667,100 HKD - 706,299 HKD	44	29.47% 2.34%
706,300 HKD - 745,499 HKD	43	27.14% 2.28%
745,500 HKD - 784,799 HKD	25	24.85% 1.33%
784,800 HKD - 823,999 HKD	63	23.53% 3.35%
824,000 HKD - 863,299 HKD	25	20.18% 1.33%
863,300 HKD - 902,499 HKD	11	18.85% 0.58%
902,500 HKD - 941,699 HKD	25	18.27% 1.33%
941,700 HKD - 980,999 HKD	18	16.94% 0.96%
981,000 HKD - 1,020,199 HKD	85	15.99% 4.51%
1,020,200 HKD - 1,059,499 HKD	7	11.47% 0.37%
1,059,500 HKD - 1,098,699 HKD	7	11.1% 0.37%
1,098,700 HKD - 1,137,899 HKD	15	10.73% 0.8%
1,137,900 HKD - 1,177,199 HKD	4	9.93% 0.21%
HIGH SALARIES
1,177,200 HKD - 1,255,599 HKD	46	9.72% 2.44%
1,255,700 HKD - 1,334,099 HKD	12	7.28% 0.64%
1,334,100 HKD - 1,412,599 HKD	4	6.64% 0.21%
1,412,600 HKD - 1,491,099 HKD	15	6.43% 0.8%
1,491,100 HKD - 1,569,599 HKD	29	5.63% 1.54%
1,569,600 HKD - 1,647,999 HKD	12	4.09% 0.64%
1,648,000 HKD - 1,726,499 HKD	4	3.45% 0.21%
1,726,500 HKD - 1,804,999 HKD	3	3.24% 0.16%
1,805,000 HKD - 1,883,499 HKD	7	3.08% 0.37%
1,883,500 HKD - 1,961,999 HKD	6	2.71% 0.32%
1,962,000 HKD - 2,746,699 HKD	45	2.39% 2.39%

Gender / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	843	679,623 HKD
2	Women	661	517,173 HKD

Education / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	48	849,922 HKD
2	Masters Degree	611	685,117 HKD
3	Bachelors Degree	1,001	536,008 HKD
4	High School	92	528,945 HKD
5	Some College	119	502,262 HKD
6	Bellow H. School	12	309,990 HKD

Experience / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	240	944,096 HKD
2	16-20 Years	163	899,363 HKD
3	12-16 Years	218	725,926 HKD
4	8-12 Years	350	630,967 HKD
5	4-8 Years	379	473,225 HKD
6	2-4 Years	221	367,279 HKD
7	1-2 Years	127	353,938 HKD
8	0-1 Year	185	269,966 HKD

Age / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	2,024,745 HKD
2	61-65	7	1,434,586 HKD
3	56-60	25	1,062,598 HKD
4	51-55	53	991,968 HKD
5	46-50	134	946,450 HKD
6	41-45	137	870,326 HKD
7	36-40	277	717,293 HKD
8	31-35	302	552,488 HKD
9	n/a	379	508,540 HKD
10	26-30	352	416,720 HKD
11	14-20	20	323,331 HKD
12	21-25	196	301,357 HKD

Work Type / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	50	678,054 HKD
2	Permanent	1,632	600,360 HKD
3	Contract	164	492,060 HKD
4	Part Time	37	359,431 HKD

Cities / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Hong Kong	1,883	588,588 HKD

Career Groups / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	241	845,998 HKD
2	Law	28	750,254 HKD
3	Finance & Banking	217	738,482 HKD
4	Properties & Real Estates	17	732,989 HKD
5	Health Care & Medical	24	730,634 HKD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	8	725,141 HKD
7	Construction & Labor Workers	42	688,256 HKD
8	Aviation & Shipping	29	676,484 HKD
9	Insurance	38	673,345 HKD
10	IT & Programming II	47	601,930 HKD
11	Public Sector	8	584,664 HKD
12	IT & Programming	134	580,740 HKD
13	Engineers & Technicians V	9	561,121 HKD
14	Human Resources	162	558,766 HKD
15	Architect Constructions	56	551,703 HKD
16	Engineers & Technicians II	4	532,869 HKD
17	Education & University	93	519,527 HKD
18	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	160	500,692 HKD
19	Fashion	21	490,490 HKD
20	Engineers & Technicians	61	484,212 HKD
21	Accounting & Administration	162	477,149 HKD
22	Logistics, Road, Railway	38	474,794 HKD
23	Security & Fireguard	8	464,592 HKD
24	Hotels & Tourism	40	441,833 HKD
25	Health Care & Medical II	25	441,833 HKD
26	Customer Services	29	419,075 HKD
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	26	398,670 HKD
28	Media	26	393,962 HKD
29	Organization & Coordination	24	378,266 HKD
30	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	32	361,001 HKD
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	18	355,507 HKD
32	Making Design	40	340,596 HKD
33	Sports & Recreation	6	278,598 HKD
34	Geography & Geodesy	1	251,915 HKD
35	Arts, Culture, Performance	8	229,157 HKD
36	Engineers & Technicians III	1	166,374 HKD

Careers / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	10	1,324,717 HKD
2	Director	47	1,171,684 HKD
3	Investment Manager	15	1,042,979 HKD
4	General Manager	39	1,035,916 HKD
5	Risk Manager	21	970,779 HKD
6	Construction Project Manager	13	916,628 HKD
7	Business Development Manager	14	833,441 HKD
8	Other Finance Career	30	795,771 HKD
9	IT Manager	29	793,417 HKD
10	Operations Manager	12	770,658 HKD
11	Risk Analyst	10	736,128 HKD
12	Other Human Resource Career	14	735,343 HKD
13	Bank Manager	13	721,217 HKD
14	IT Project Manager	32	719,647 HKD
15	Marketing	9	710,230 HKD
16	Human Resources Manager	77	704,736 HKD
17	Project Manager	21	697,673 HKD
18	Financial Adviser	14	691,395 HKD
19	Audit Manager	9	689,041 HKD
20	Manager	46	687,471 HKD
21	Account Manager	20	682,762 HKD
22	Purchasing Manager	9	674,130 HKD
23	System Analyst	9	668,636 HKD
24	Other Architect Career	14	655,295 HKD
25	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	19	649,801 HKD
26	Logistics Manager	13	642,738 HKD
27	Hotel Manager	14	638,814 HKD
28	Finance Manager	15	623,904 HKD
29	Sales Manager	31	608,993 HKD
30	Lecturer	14	590,943 HKD
31	Banks	19	574,462 HKD
32	Other Law Career	11	572,108 HKD
33	Lead Developer	11	561,906 HKD
34	Other Marketing Career	8	550,134 HKD
35	Financial Analyst	39	528,945 HKD
36	Sales	8	494,414 HKD
37	Construction Engineer	10	488,921 HKD
38	Marketing Manager	31	484,212 HKD
39	Architect	28	476,364 HKD
40	Other Management Career	17	470,871 HKD
41	Secondary School Teacher	9	458,314 HKD
42	Software Developer	16	446,542 HKD
43	Senior Accountant	13	443,403 HKD
44	Human Resource	35	422,214 HKD
45	Accountant	21	417,505 HKD
46	Project Coordinator	9	415,151 HKD
47	Fashion Designer	9	394,746 HKD
48	Human Resource Hunter	17	390,822 HKD
49	Logistics	9	381,405 HKD
50	Restaurant Manager	12	379,051 HKD
51	Other Tourism Career	13	371,203 HKD
52	Engineer	23	361,785 HKD
53	Other Education Career	13	323,331 HKD
54	IT Coordinator	11	316,268 HKD
55	English Teacher	10	316,268 HKD
56	Graphic Designer	14	284,092 HKD
57	Marketing Executive	20	233,081 HKD
58	Human Resource Administrator	14	224,448 HKD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	1,199,900 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	1,199,900 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	464,900 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	699,900 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	599,900 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	455,900 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	1,216,100 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	1,800,400 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	779,800 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	299,900 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	749,800 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	727,800 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	399,900 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	239,900 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	599,800 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	475,900 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	1,299,900 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	480,000 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	714,900 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	650,700 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	1,001,100 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	575,600 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	500,500 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	240,300 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	660,700 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	820,600 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	1,146,500 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	623,500 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	422,400 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	211,200 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	277,600 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	1,056,000 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	2,746,700 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	2,011,400 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	432,400 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	1,387,900 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	553,100 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	1,408,000 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	784,800 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	422,400 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	538,000 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	748,200 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	502,900 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	352,000 HKD

Regional Hr Manager

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- HR Generalist for regional offices."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	700,000 HKD

Supervisor

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Logistics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	High School	16-20 Years	Advanced	523,800 HKD

Sales Director

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SMD LED, LAMP LED, Coupler, Resistor, Connector."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	785,800 HKD

System Analyst

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#, ASP CORE, . NET, SQL, MSSQL, DevOps, Azure, Git."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	362,700 HKD

Consultant Manager

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	718,700 HKD

Officer

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation and benefits."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	283,400 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.