23-10  Wage Indices for Employees up to Supervisory Level (Managerial and Professional Employees Are Not Included) by Industry
	(September 1992 = 100)
Industry	Wage index
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Nominal Wage Index
Manufacturing	145.5	144.6	148.5	153.8	158.8
Import/export, wholesale and retail trades	152.8	155.7	158.3	161.5	169.6
Transportation	143.8	146.3	146.1	148.9	153.5
Accommodation and food service activities	125.6	125.9	127.9	129.2	134.5
Financial and insurance activities	164.1	161.2	167.3	167.9	178.1
Real estate leasing and maintenance management	150.2	153.2	155.5	158.1	164.8
Professional and business services	139.1	134.7	140.3	147.3	154.8
Personal services	162.4	161.9	169.8	189.5	192.2
All selected Industrys①	144.8	146.4	149.8	153.5	160.5
Real Wage Index②
Manufacturing	116.2	114.0	114.9	117.8	122.1
Import/export, wholesale and retail trades	122.1	122.7	122.5	123.7	130.3
Transportation	114.9	115.3	113.1	114.1	118.0
Accommodation and food service activities	100.4	99.2	99.0	99.0	103.4
Financial and insurance activities	131.0	127.0	129.5	128.6	136.9
Real estate leasing and maintenance management	120.0	120.7	120.3	121.2	126.6
Professional and business services	111.1	106.2	108.6	112.9	119.0
Personal services	129.7	127.6	131.4	145.2	147.7
All selected Industrys①	115.7	115.3	115.9	117.6	123.4
Notes : Figures refer to September of the year.  Starting from March 2009, wages statistics are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial
Classification(HSIC) Version 2.0 and the series has been backcasted to 2004.
①Figures refer to all industries covered by the wage enquiry of the Labour Earnings Survey, including the electricity and gas supply industry,
sewerage and waste management activities industry and publishing activities industry.
②The Real Wage Indices are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices by the 2004/05-based Consumer Price Index (A).