Although in terms of wages, it is much higher than that in the mainland, at the same time, the price in Hong Kong is about four to five times that in Shanghai, and the rental price is also very high. So in general, Hong Kong's monthly income of 40,000 is not very high.
According to official data, the legal minimum hourly wage in Hong Kong has reached HK$ 37.5. According to this standard, ordinary grass-roots workers in Hong Kong earn 8,000 yuan a month. The data shows that in 20 18, the total GDP of Hong Kong was 559 109 million yuan, and the per capita GDP was 75,469 yuan, ranking first in the country.
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Wage levels in Hong Kong:
1. The salary in the service industry ranges from 8,000 to15,000 Hong Kong dollars, generally around12,000 Hong Kong dollars. Such as nannies, waiters in restaurants and hotels, cleaners and other low-level manual labor.
2. The salary of general workers or clerks in the company is HK$ 12000~ 15000, mostly around HK$ 13000.
3. The infrastructure cost is HK$ 20,000 to HK$ 30,000, depending on the difficulty of the project, but the work is not stable enough.
4. Drivers such as forklifts, cranes, buses and taxis. There are also salaries ranging from 20 thousand to 50 thousand hong kong dollars.
In addition, the average salary of recent college graduates is 12000~ 15000 Hong Kong dollars, but it will be improved a lot after working experience.