23-9  Employed Persons by Monthly Earnings
	(10 000 persons, unless otherwise specified)
Monthly Earnings (HKD)	2004*	2005*	2006*	2007*	2008
< 3,000	16.1	15.0	14.0	13.7	12.8
3,000 - 3,999	25.3	25.6	25.6	26.9	26.6
4,000 - 4,999	14.1	13.0	12.0	11.3	9.6
5,000 - 5,999	19.3	19.2	18.2	17.0	14.8
6,000 - 6,999	23.5	24.2	23.7	23.6	23.1
7,000 - 7,999	22.7	23.3	23.5	24.3	24.3
8,000 - 8,999	24.9	24.9	25.7	25.9	26.6
9,000 - 9,999	19.3	20.4	21.8	22.6	23.4
10,000 - 11,999	29.9	31.4	31.0	31.7	32.6
12,000 - 13,999	24.2	25.1	27.0	27.7	28.8
14,000 - 15,999	21.3	22.4	22.9	24.2	25.2
16,000 - 17,999	8.5	8.6	9.5	9.0	9.5
18,000 - 19,999	8.3	8.8	9.6	9.9	9.8
20,000 - 24,999	22.6	22.5	23.2	25.2	26.2
25,000 - 29,999	11.6	12.1	12.5	13.5	14.1
30,000 - 34,999	11.4	11.4	12.3	12.6	13.4
35,000 - 39,999	4.6	4.4	5.1	5.2	5.4
40,000 - 44,999	4.5	5.1	5.3	5.8	5.4
45,000 - 49,999	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.9	3.2
50,000 - 59,999	4.6	4.9	5.3	5.5	5.8
60,000 - 79,999	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.5	5.2
80,000 - 99,999	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.3
≧ 100,000	2.6	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.9
Total	327.4	333.7	340.1	348.4	351.9
Monthly
Median Earnings (HKD)	9,800	10,000	10,000	10,100	10,500
Note: Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned
as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department
and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.