Other Housing Statistics

- Nominal and Real Indices of Payroll Per

  Person Engaged by Major Industry Group


Nominal and Real Indices of Payroll Per Person Engaged by Major Industry Group (1995-1999)

Industry Sector

(1 ST Qtr.1994=100)

Nominal Index

1995

1996

1997 1998 1999
Mining and quarrying 103.4 112.2 109.2 111.7 120.6
Manufacturing 99.4 108.9 121.0 123.8 122.6
Electricity and gas 136.5 161.1 196.1 205.2 196.5
Wholesale, retail and import/ export trades, restaurants and hotels 106 112.5 114.5 119.2 118.4
Transport, storage and communications 125.2 136.2 148.3 148.3 142.6
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services 110.2 121.8 136.7 133.3 132.6
Community, social and personal services 115.3 126.5 140.6 149.9 147.6
All industry sectors (1) 110 121.1 132.1 136.3 135.4
Real Index
Mining and quarrying 89 91.0 84.0 86.6 97.5
Manufacturing 85.6 88.3 93.1 96.0 99.1
Electricity and gas 117.5 130.7 150.8 159.1 158.8
Wholesale, retail and import/ export trades, restaurants and hotels 91.2 91.2 88.1 92.4 95.7
Transport, storage and communications 107.8 110.5 114.1 115.0 115.3
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services 94.9 98.7 105.2 103.3 107.2
Community, social and personal services 99.2 102.6 108.2 116.2 119.3
All industry sectors (1) 94.7 98.2 101.7 105.7 109.5

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Notes:

Up to 1994, figures refer to December of the year. Starting from the first quarter of 1995, a new series of nominal and real indices with base period reset at the first quarter of 1994 has been introduced to replace the old series ( March 1991= 100) and the figure for 1995 refer to the fourth quarter of 1995.

As from 1996, the real indices are derived by deflating the nominal indices by the 1994/95-based CPI(A). To facilitate comparison, real indices prior to 1996 have been re-compiled using 1994/95-based CPI(A).

(1) Figures refer to all industries covered in the payroll enquiry of the Labour Earnings Survey

Source: Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section, Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5083), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2000), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2000 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p. 36.

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