24-9 Employed Persons by Monthly Employment Earnings
					(10 000 persons)
Monthly Employment Earnings (HK$)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
< 3 000	8.64	8.07	9.32	12.58	14.97
3 000 - 3 999	19.11	20.21	22.74	24.46	25.57
4 000 - 4 999	9.33	9.50	10.18	11.58	14.45
5 000 - 5 999	13.44	13.41	14.08	16.92	18.75
6 000 - 6 999	19.34	19.96	20.52	22.01	22.70
7 000 - 7 999	20.46	20.21	19.44	20.83	21.38
8 000 - 8 999	26.68	26.84	25.50	24.61	24.34
9 000 - 9 999	19.04	18.53	17.83	17.10	17.74
10 000 - 14 999	74.28	76.56	74.54	66.60	60.67
15 000 - 19 999	33.79	35.53	36.05	34.31	32.31
20 000 - 29 999	34.78	36.63	38.07	36.01	34.49
≧ 30 000	32.32	35.26	36.98	36.16	34.96
Total	311.21	320.73	325.23	323.16	322.33
Median Monthly
Employment Earnings (HK$)	10000	10000	10000	10000	10000
Notes: Figures are averages of the figures obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.