2016 net pay trend indicators
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     A spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) said today (May 25) that the bureau has received the Pay Trend Survey Committee's Report on the 2016 Pay Trend Survey today, and has derived the following "net pay trend indicators" after deducting the civil service payroll cost of increments from the "gross pay trend indicators" as indicated in the report:

                       Civil service
                       payroll cost
                       of increments
                      (as a percentage
                       of the total
                       civil service
            Gross pay    payroll       Net pay
Salary        trend      cost in        trend
band        indicator    2015-16)     indicator

              (a)          (b)      (a) minus (b)

---------   ---------  -----------  -------------
Upper          5.28%       1.09%        4.19%
(monthly
salary
from
$62,236-
$127,250)

Middle         5.69%       1.01%        4.68%
(monthly
salary
from
$20,305-
$62,235)

Lower          4.90%       1.82%        3.08%
(monthly
salary
below
$20,305)

     "The Pay Trend Survey is a long-established mechanism and is credible and reliable. The net pay trend indicators derived, together with other factors including the state of Hong Kong's economy, the Government's fiscal position, changes in the cost of living, the staff sides' pay claims and civil service morale will be considered by the Chief Executive-in-Council in deciding the civil service pay adjustment for 2016-17," the CSB spokesman said.

     In accordance with the established practice, the staff sides will submit their pay claims for the 2016-17 Civil Service Pay Adjustment to the Government. For this purpose, the CSB will meet with representatives of the staff sides of the four central consultative councils and the four major service-wide staff unions, and will convey their views to the Chief Executive-in-Council.

Ends/Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Issued at HKT 19:37

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