Every figure below is a median drawn from HKjobs listings that published a real range — no self-reported surveys, no recruiter estimates. Pay is quoted as gross monthly HKD, the Hong Kong convention, and excludes bonus, the 13th month and allowances. Bands are recalculated monthly; a role is only published once it clears a minimum sample, which is why some titles you expect to see are missing.
Updated 9 Aug 2026
28,410 disclosed ranges
30 benchmarked roles
16 industries
Median monthly salary, all roles
HK$31,900
+6.5%vs Aug 2025
Live vacancies on HKjobs
21,870
+4.8%2,310 posted in the last 7 days
Ads showing a salary range
62%
+8.5%Was 57% a year ago
Median days to first employer reply
4.2 days
−13.7%Across employers who reply at all
Hybrid or remote listings
34%
+2.6%Three office days is the HK norm
Fastest-moving pay, by sector
Fintech +9.6%
+9.6%Platform engineering and compliance lead it
The line
Where pay is moving薪酬走勢
The all-Hong-Kong median monthly salary across every disclosed listing, month by month. One series, one scale — no index, no rebasing.
Median monthly salary, all disclosed listings
Mar 25 – Aug 26 · gross monthly HKD
Sample: 28,410 disclosed monthly ranges across 30 benchmarked roles in 16 industries. Each point is the median of every HKjobs listing live in that month with a published range — not a rolling average.
Reading the line重點
18 months of movement
Current median
HK$31,900
as at Aug 26 · gross monthly HKD
Across the window
Mar 25 → Aug 26
+12.3%
Last six months
the number recruiters are working from
+2.8%
Highest point
recorded Aug 26
HK$31,900
A rising all-market median can mean pay rose — or that the mix of roles being advertised shifted upmarket. Use the per-role bands below before you quote a number in a review.
Volume
Demand by industry行業招聘需求
Live postings on HKjobs over the last 12 months. Bar length is magnitude, so every bar is the same hue — colour here would imply a difference that isn't there.
Postings by industry
21,870 postings across 16 industries · 12 months to 9 Aug 2026
Technology3,260
+12.8% year on year
Retail & E-commerce2,380
−3.1% year on year
Banking & Finance2,140
+3.1% year on year
Hospitality & Tourism1,740
+11.3% year on year
Logistics & Supply Chain1,610
+5.8% year on year
Accounting & Audit1,450
+2.4% year on year
Healthcare & Life Sciences1,290
+9.2% year on year
Fintech1,180
+17.2% year on year
Marketing & Creative1,120
−1.2% year on year
Education980
+1.7% year on year
Counts include every published listing, disclosed salary or not. Year-on-year change compares the same 12-month window a year earlier.
Momentum動向
Ranked by year-on-year change in posting volume, not by size.
Hiring faster
Fintech金融科技+17.2%
Legal & Compliance法律及合規+14.6%
Technology資訊科技+12.8%
Hospitality & Tourism款待及旅遊+11.3%
Healthcare & Life Sciences醫療及生命科學+9.2%
Cooling off
Property & Construction地產及建築−9.4%
Trading & Commodities貿易及商品−4.7%
Retail & E-commerce零售及電商−3.1%
Year-on-year compares the same 12-month window a year earlier — the same basis as the chart beside it.
The explorer
Find your number查你的市價
Search 30 benchmarked roles, filter by industry, and compare percentile bands drawn on a single shared scale — so a longer bar always means more money, never a different axis. Open any row for the seniority ladder.
Scroll the table sideways for median, year-on-year and sample size.
Median monthly salary by role in Hong Kong. Select a role to see the seniority ladder.
Role
Monthly range
25th HK$68KMedian HK$95K90th HK$155K
HK$95,000per month
+10.4%
190listings
25th HK$58KMedian HK$78K90th HK$128K
HK$78,000per month
+5.5%
260listings
25th HK$55KMedian HK$72K90th HK$120K
HK$72,000per month
+3.6%
480listings
25th HK$42KMedian HK$58K90th HK$95K
HK$58,000per month
+7.1%
940listings
25th HK$39KMedian HK$52K90th HK$88K
HK$52,000per month
+3.3%
1,420listings
25th HK$38KMedian HK$52K90th HK$86K
HK$52,000per month
+9.6%
610listings
25th HK$36KMedian HK$48K90th HK$82K
HK$48,000per month
+8.9%
1,180listings
25th HK$34KMedian HK$46K90th HK$74K
HK$46,000per month
+4.8%
420listings
25th HK$34KMedian HK$45K90th HK$76K
HK$45,000per month
+5.8%
3,180listings
25th HK$34KMedian HK$45K90th HK$74K
HK$45,000per month
+2.4%
1,240listings
25th HK$32KMedian HK$44K90th HK$70K
HK$44,000per month
+3.1%
690listings
25th HK$30KMedian HK$42K90th HK$68K
HK$42,000per month
+6.2%
340listings
25th HK$32KMedian HK$42K90th HK$68K
HK$42,000per month
+5.8%
310listings
25th HK$30KMedian HK$42K90th HK$68K
HK$42,000per month
+6.7%
830listings
25th HK$30KMedian HK$40K90th HK$66K
HK$40,000per month
+3.7%
620listings
25th HK$30KMedian HK$40K90th HK$64K
HK$40,000per month
+8.1%
210listings
25th HK$30KMedian HK$38K90th HK$58K
HK$38,000per month
+1.9%
1,340listings
25th HK$28KMedian HK$38K90th HK$62K
HK$38,000per month
+4.4%
540listings
25th HK$26KMedian HK$36K90th HK$58K
HK$36,000per month
+4.9%
1,850listings
25th HK$28KMedian HK$36K90th HK$54K
HK$36,000per month
+7.2%
2,100listings
25th HK$27KMedian HK$36K90th HK$60K
HK$36,000per month
+0.6%
720listings
25th HK$27KMedian HK$36K90th HK$58K
HK$36,000per month
+2.6%
720listings
25th HK$25KMedian HK$34K90th HK$55K
HK$34,000per month
−2.1%
960listings
25th HK$25KMedian HK$34K90th HK$55K
HK$34,000per month
+1.7%
640listings
25th HK$24KMedian HK$33K90th HK$54K
HK$33,000per month
+2.8%
880listings
25th HK$25KMedian HK$31K90th HK$46K
HK$31,000per month
+4.1%
1,560listings
25th HK$22KMedian HK$30K90th HK$50K
HK$30,000per month
−0.8%
1,100listings
25th HK$22KMedian HK$28K90th HK$44K
HK$28,000per month
+2.2%
380listings
25th HK$19KMedian HK$26K90th HK$42K
HK$26,000per month
−1.2%
1,520listings
25th HK$18KMedian HK$23K90th HK$35K
HK$23,000per month
+3.4%
1,180listings
Gross monthly base pay in HKD, excluding bonus, allowances and the 13th month. Bands are recomputed each month from listings that published a range; roles with fewer than 30 disclosed listings are held back until the sample is large enough to publish.
Context
What affects your number in Hong Kong影響薪酬的四件事
A median is a starting point, not a verdict. Four things move a Hong Kong offer more than anything on your CV.
01
The language stack you actually have語言組合
Hong Kong prices language as a skill, not a nicety. Roles that need spoken Cantonese, written Traditional Chinese and business English at the same time — client-facing private banking, insurance advisory, government-adjacent compliance — sit at the top of their band. Mandarin has moved from bonus to baseline for anything touching mainland clients or a Shenzhen team.
Rule of thumb: a genuine trilingual requirement lifts a role toward the 75th percentile of its own band, not into a different band.
02
Which side of the harbour you sit on地區與通勤
Central and Admiralty carry the headline numbers, but the premium partly buys the rent, not you. The same function relocated to Kowloon East, Kwai Chung or Tai Po typically posts lower, and offsets it with a shuttle bus, an earlier finish, or a title one rung up. Cross-harbour commuting is the hidden line item: 70 minutes each way is roughly 12 unpaid working days a year.
Compare offers on pay minus commute, not pay alone — then check the district filter before you fall in love with a listing.
03
Where your industry is in its cycle行業週期
Bands move with the cycle, not with your CV. Banking and capital-markets pay tracks the IPO pipeline and the rate outlook; logistics tracks port and air-cargo throughput; construction tracks the public works programme; insurance tracks mainland visitor policy volumes. A role can be flat two years running and jump double digits in the third.
Benchmark against this year's band. Quoting a 2021 peak number in a 2026 negotiation reads as out of touch.
04
13th month, double pay and what's guaranteed十三糧與雙糧
A quoted monthly figure in Hong Kong is not the whole package. Many employers still pay a contractual 13th month around Lunar New Year; others fold it into a discretionary bonus that can be zero. Add MPF — 5% of relevant income from each side, capped at HK$1,500 a month — and any housing, medical or education allowance before you compare two offers.
Ask one question in writing: is the 13th month contractual or discretionary? A HK$45,000 × 13 offer beats HK$47,000 × 12.
Put the number to work
Knowing the band is half of it. Asking for it is the other half.
116 live HKjobs listings publish a real monthly range — 82% of everything on the board. Go straight to those, or read how to open the conversation without naming a figure first. 講價前，先知道自己值幾錢。