Workers in Hong Kong’s manufacturing industry saw the biggest increase in median monthly earnings among employed persons in the city in the second quarter of 2025, Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Joseph Chan Ho-lim said on Wednesday.

Answering a query at the Legislative Council, Chan said the median monthly earnings of employed persons in the manufacturing industry rose 12.5 percent from HK$20,000 ($2,574) in the third quarter of 2024 to HK$22,500 in the second quarter of this year.

“The three industries with the largest year-on-year increases in Q2 2025 were manufacturing sector (12.5 percent); transportation, storage, postal and courier services, information and communications sector (7.3 percent); as well as financing and insurance sector (5.3 percent),” Chan said.

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Those employed in financing and insurance received median monthly earnings of HK$40,000 while those in transportation, storage, postal and courier services, information and communications got HK$22,000.

Chan said the median monthly earnings of employed persons in Hong Kong, excluding foreign domestic helpers, stood at HK$22,300 in the second quarter, up 5.2 percent year-on-year.

On the hand, the median monthly household income in the city was HK$30,000, according to Chan.

He said the other industries that recorded increases in median employment earnings included the construction sector; import/export trade and wholesale sector; real estate and professional and business services sector; accommodation and food services sector; and public administration, social and personal services sector.

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Construction workers had monthly median earnings of HK$23,000 in the second quarter while those in the import/export trade and wholesale earned HK$25,000.  

The monthly employment earnings for employees include wage and salary, bonus, commission, tips, housing allowance, overtime allowance, attendance allowance and other cash allowances. Back pays are excluded.

Chan said the statistics were based on the results of the General Household Survey of the Census and Statistics Department.