Reed Global Release Hong Kong Employment Stats

    LONDON, ENGLAND, July 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Reed Global Release Hong Kong Employment Stats

Reed Global has released their findings after much research into the Hong Kong labour market. The extensive guide highlights key areas of growth and decline, as well as providing an outline on salary norms within the respective industries.

The article highlights the current overall situation in Hong Kong as affected by the recent economic downturn, however still describes the city as vibrant and hopeful - two characteristics that they have attributed to the Chinese nation themselves.

Amongst the key findings of their research was the fact that unemployment has been on the rise since roughly October 2008, however the numbers are not nearly as severe as elsewhere in the world, with some industries weathering the storm better than other. For example Community, social and personal services seems to have the lowest levels of unemployment in Hong Kong, followed, quite surprisingly by the financing, insurance, real estate and business service sectors.

The document goes into an extensive salary breakdown within different industries in Hong Kong, comparing the maximum and minimum annual salary for each respective
job title within specific industries.

The highest salary earners come form the insurance industry where a Head of Actuarial can take home up to 2,820,00 HKD per annum.

For a full breakdown from the Honk Kong labour and market guide, please visit:

http://www.reedglobal.com.hk/employer/resource-centre/salary-guides/salaryguides.php

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