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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.81 HKD = 1 USD
585,085 HKD $74,923 USD		484,167 HKD $62,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.81 HKD = 1 USD

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Average salary in Hong Kong is 585,085 HKD per year. The most typical earning is 484,167 HKD. All data are based on 1,890 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 674,711 HKD. Women receive a salary of 515,404 HKD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 840,265 HKD and Law with income 746,555 HKD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 845,732 HKD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 679,396 HKD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 939,441 HKD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 894,929 HKD.

Levels / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

Salary Levels (HKD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
78,100 HKD - 117,099 HKD	13	100% 0.69%
117,100 HKD - 156,199 HKD	63	99.31% 3.33%
156,200 HKD - 195,199 HKD	87	95.98% 4.6%
195,200 HKD - 234,299 HKD	130	91.38% 6.88%
234,300 HKD - 273,299 HKD	137	84.5% 7.25%
273,300 HKD - 312,399 HKD	124	77.25% 6.56%
312,400 HKD - 351,399 HKD	85	70.69% 4.5%
351,400 HKD - 390,499 HKD	105	66.19% 5.56%
390,500 HKD - 429,499 HKD	122	60.63% 6.46%
429,500 HKD - 468,499 HKD	70	54.18% 3.7%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
468,500 HKD - 507,599 HKD	154	50.48% 8.15%
507,600 HKD - 546,599 HKD	54	42.33% 2.86%
546,600 HKD - 585,699 HKD	44	39.47% 2.33%
585,700 HKD - 624,699 HKD	102	37.14% 5.4%
624,700 HKD - 663,799 HKD	44	31.75% 2.33%
663,800 HKD - 702,799 HKD	44	29.42% 2.33%
702,800 HKD - 741,899 HKD	43	27.09% 2.28%
741,900 HKD - 780,899 HKD	25	24.81% 1.32%
780,900 HKD - 819,999 HKD	63	23.49% 3.33%
820,000 HKD - 858,999 HKD	25	20.16% 1.32%
859,000 HKD - 897,999 HKD	11	18.84% 0.58%
898,100 HKD - 937,099 HKD	25	18.25% 1.32%
937,100 HKD - 976,099 HKD	18	16.93% 0.95%
976,100 HKD - 1,015,199 HKD	85	15.98% 4.5%
1,015,200 HKD - 1,054,199 HKD	7	11.48% 0.37%
1,054,200 HKD - 1,093,299 HKD	7	11.11% 0.37%
1,093,300 HKD - 1,132,299 HKD	15	10.74% 0.79%
1,132,300 HKD - 1,171,399 HKD	4	9.95% 0.21%
HIGH SALARIES
1,171,400 HKD - 1,249,499 HKD	47	9.74% 2.49%
1,249,500 HKD - 1,327,499 HKD	12	7.25% 0.63%
1,327,600 HKD - 1,405,599 HKD	4	6.61% 0.21%
1,405,600 HKD - 1,483,699 HKD	15	6.4% 0.79%
1,483,700 HKD - 1,561,799 HKD	29	5.61% 1.53%
1,561,800 HKD - 1,639,899 HKD	12	4.07% 0.63%
1,639,900 HKD - 1,717,999 HKD	4	3.44% 0.21%
1,718,000 HKD - 1,796,099 HKD	3	3.23% 0.16%
1,796,100 HKD - 1,874,199 HKD	7	3.07% 0.37%
1,874,200 HKD - 1,952,299 HKD	6	2.7% 0.32%
1,952,300 HKD - 2,733,199 HKD	45	2.38% 2.38%

Gender / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	847	674,711 HKD
2	Women	664	515,404 HKD

Education / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	48	845,732 HKD
2	Masters Degree	615	679,396 HKD
3	Bachelors Degree	1,004	534,146 HKD
4	High School	92	526,337 HKD
5	Some College	119	499,786 HKD
6	Bellow H. School	12	308,461 HKD

Experience / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	240	939,441 HKD
2	16-20 Years	163	894,929 HKD
3	12-16 Years	220	723,128 HKD
4	8-12 Years	350	627,856 HKD
5	4-8 Years	381	471,673 HKD
6	2-4 Years	223	364,687 HKD
7	1-2 Years	127	352,193 HKD
8	0-1 Year	186	268,635 HKD

Age / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	2,014,763 HKD
2	61-65	7	1,427,514 HKD
3	56-60	25	1,057,360 HKD
4	51-55	53	987,077 HKD
5	46-50	134	941,784 HKD
6	41-45	138	868,378 HKD
7	36-40	279	712,195 HKD
8	31-35	304	547,422 HKD
9	n/a	379	506,033 HKD
10	26-30	354	414,666 HKD
11	14-20	20	321,737 HKD
12	21-25	196	299,871 HKD

Work Type / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	51	666,121 HKD
2	Permanent	1,638	597,400 HKD
3	Contract	164	489,634 HKD
4	Part Time	37	357,659 HKD

Cities / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Hong Kong	1,890	584,906 HKD

Career Groups / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	242	840,265 HKD
2	Law	28	746,555 HKD
3	Finance & Banking	217	734,841 HKD
4	Properties & Real Estates	17	729,375 HKD
5	Health Care & Medical	24	727,032 HKD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	8	721,566 HKD
7	Construction & Labor Workers	42	684,863 HKD
8	Aviation & Shipping	29	673,149 HKD
9	Insurance	38	670,025 HKD
10	IT & Programming II	47	598,962 HKD
11	Public Sector	8	581,782 HKD
12	IT & Programming	135	575,535 HKD
13	Engineers & Technicians V	9	558,354 HKD
14	Human Resources	164	554,450 HKD
15	Architect Constructions	56	548,983 HKD
16	Engineers & Technicians II	4	530,241 HKD
17	Education & University	93	516,966 HKD
18	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	160	498,224 HKD
19	Fashion	21	488,072 HKD
20	Accounting & Administration	164	479,482 HKD
21	Engineers & Technicians	62	477,920 HKD
22	Logistics, Road, Railway	38	472,454 HKD
23	Security & Fireguard	8	462,302 HKD
24	Hotels & Tourism	40	439,655 HKD
25	Health Care & Medical II	25	439,655 HKD
26	Customer Services	29	417,009 HKD
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	26	396,705 HKD
28	Media	26	392,019 HKD
29	Organization & Coordination	24	376,401 HKD
30	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	32	359,221 HKD
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	18	353,754 HKD
32	Making Design	40	338,917 HKD
33	Sports & Recreation	6	277,225 HKD
34	Geography & Geodesy	1	250,674 HKD
35	Arts, Culture, Performance	8	228,027 HKD
36	Engineers & Technicians III	1	165,554 HKD

Careers / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	10	1,318,186 HKD
2	Director	47	1,165,907 HKD
3	Investment Manager	15	1,037,837 HKD
4	General Manager	39	1,030,809 HKD
5	Risk Manager	21	965,993 HKD
6	Construction Project Manager	13	912,109 HKD
7	Business Development Manager	15	812,933 HKD
8	Other Finance Career	30	791,848 HKD
9	IT Manager	30	771,545 HKD
10	Operations Manager	12	766,859 HKD
11	Risk Analyst	10	732,499 HKD
12	Other Human Resource Career	14	731,718 HKD
13	Bank Manager	13	717,661 HKD
14	IT Project Manager	32	716,099 HKD
15	Marketing	9	706,728 HKD
16	Account Manager	21	704,386 HKD
17	Human Resources Manager	78	700,481 HKD
18	Project Manager	21	694,234 HKD
19	Financial Adviser	14	687,986 HKD
20	Audit Manager	9	685,644 HKD
21	Manager	46	684,082 HKD
22	Purchasing Manager	9	670,806 HKD
23	System Analyst	9	665,340 HKD
24	Other Architect Career	14	652,064 HKD
25	Engineering Manager	8	648,160 HKD
26	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	19	646,598 HKD
27	Logistics Manager	13	639,570 HKD
28	Hotel Manager	14	635,665 HKD
29	Finance Manager	15	620,828 HKD
30	Sales Manager	31	605,990 HKD
31	Lecturer	14	588,029 HKD
32	Banks	19	571,630 HKD
33	Other Law Career	11	569,287 HKD
34	Lead Developer	11	559,135 HKD
35	Financial Analyst	39	526,337 HKD
36	Sales	8	491,977 HKD
37	Construction Engineer	10	486,510 HKD
38	Marketing Manager	31	481,825 HKD
39	Architect	28	474,016 HKD
40	Other Management Career	17	468,549 HKD
41	Secondary School Teacher	9	456,054 HKD
42	Software Developer	16	444,341 HKD
43	Senior Accountant	13	441,217 HKD
44	Human Resource	36	415,447 HKD
45	Accountant	21	415,447 HKD
46	Project Coordinator	9	413,104 HKD
47	Fashion Designer	9	392,800 HKD
48	Human Resource Hunter	17	388,896 HKD
49	Logistics	9	379,525 HKD
50	Restaurant Manager	12	377,182 HKD
51	Other Tourism Career	13	369,373 HKD
52	Engineer	23	360,002 HKD
53	Other Education Career	13	321,737 HKD
54	IT Coordinator	11	314,709 HKD
55	English Teacher	10	314,709 HKD
56	Graphic Designer	14	282,691 HKD
57	Marketing Executive	20	231,932 HKD
58	Human Resource Administrator	14	223,341 HKD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

It Manager

Posted 11 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	240,000 HKD

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	599,400 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	581,400 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	1,198,800 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	241,200 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	234,300 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	478,200 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	1,194,000 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	1,194,000 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	462,600 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	696,500 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	597,000 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	453,700 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	1,210,100 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	1,791,500 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	776,000 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	298,500 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	746,100 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	724,200 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	397,900 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	238,700 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	596,900 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	473,500 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	1,293,500 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	477,600 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	711,400 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	647,500 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	996,200 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	572,800 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	498,100 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	239,100 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	657,500 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	816,600 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	1,140,800 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	620,500 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	420,300 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	210,200 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	276,200 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	1,050,800 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	2,733,200 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	2,001,500 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	430,300 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	1,381,000 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	550,400 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	1,401,000 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	780,900 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	420,300 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	535,400 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	744,500 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	500,400 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.