A survey shows that more than 60%of Hong Kong companies will pay an average of 3.6%of employees next year.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and Hong Kong Radio reported that the latest survey results released by the Hong Kong Human Resources Management Society on Thursday (October 10) showed that 63%of the interviewed Hong Kong companies said that they will pay for employees for an average salary of 3.6 next year.%, Another 3%company chooses to freeze the salary increase.
From January to September this year, 186 institutions and enterprises from 12 different industries visited a total of about 107,000 full -time paid employees.The survey found that the average salary increase of Hong Kong employees this year was 3.2%, down 0.6 percentage points from last year. After deducting the comprehensive consumption price index from January to August 2024, the actual basic salary was adjusted to 1.4%.
The survey also found that 91.7%of the interviewed Hong Kong institutions this year to raise salary for employees, and 8.3%chose frost salary, and nearly 20%of employees were affected.Among them, the salary increase of Hong Kong companies this year is 3.4%, which is 2.6%higher than the multinational company. The basic salary of middle -level employees has the highest increase.
Kong Yuren, president of the Hong Kong Human Resources Management Society, said that the salary increase of Hong Kong companies is higher than that of multinational companies, or because Hong Kong companies need to attract and retain outstanding talents.With the continuous aging society, the talents of the middle and senior positions have gradually emerged. Employers must raise salary to retain talents to meet future operating needs.
