23-9  Employed Persons by Monthly Earnings
	(10 000 persons, unless otherwise specified)
Monthly Earnings (HKD)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
< 3,000	14.7	16.0	15.0	14.0	13.7
3,000 - 3,999	25.4	25.3	26.0	26.0	27.4
4,000 - 4,999	14.2	14.1	13.0	12.0	11.4
5,000 - 5,999	18.4	19.3	19.2	18.2	17.0
6,000 - 6,999	22.4	23.5	24.2	23.7	23.7
7,000 - 7,999	21.2	22.6	23.3	23.5	24.5
8,000 - 8,999	24.0	24.8	24.9	25.7	26.1
9,000 - 9,999	17.5	19.2	20.4	21.9	22.8
10,000 - 11,999	30.9	29.9	31.4	31.0	31.9
12,000 - 13,999	23.8	24.2	25.1	27.0	27.8
14,000 - 15,999	20.6	21.3	22.4	23.0	24.3
16,000 - 17,999	8.7	8.6	8.6	9.5	8.9
18,000 - 19,999	8.0	8.4	8.8	9.7	9.8
20,000 - 24,999	23.5	22.7	22.6	23.3	25.1
25,000 - 29,999	10.9	11.6	12.1	12.5	13.3
30,000 - 34,999	10.9	11.5	11.5	12.4	12.5
35,000 - 39,999	4.8	4.7	4.5	5.1	5.1
40,000 - 44,999	4.5	4.5	5.1	5.4	5.7
45,000 - 49,999	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.5	2.9
50,000 - 59,999	4.6	4.6	4.9	5.4	5.5
60,000 - 79,999	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.5
80,000 - 99,999	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2
	2.7	2.6	3.0	3.3	3.4
Total	319.7	327.7	334.1	341.0	349.5
Monthly
Median Earnings (HKD)	10000	9800	10000	10000	10000
Note:Figures are compiled based on the data obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.