The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, at a media session today (May 28), said that the bureau received the tentative findings of the 2026 Pay Trend Survey from the secretariat of the Pay Trend Survey Committee (PTSC).

    "The Chief Executive in Council will comprehensively and fully consider all relevant factors under the mechanism in determining the annual civil service pay adjustment. These factors include the state of Hong Kong's economy, changes in the cost of living, the Government's fiscal position, the 'net pay trend indicators' (PTIs) (see attachment) calculated from the findings of the Pay Trend Survey (PTS), the pay claims of the staff side and civil service morale," Mrs Yeung said.

    "The tentative findings of the PTS announced today objectively reflect the actual situation of the pay adjustment of the surveyed companies during the past year. The 'net PTIs' calculated from the findings of the PTS serve as a set of objective data to be considered by the Chief Executive in Council, and are not the only factor in considering the civil service pay adjustment. The Civil Service Bureau has invited the staff side to submit their pay claims and will report to the Chief Executive in Council in due course. After comprehensively and fully considering the above six factors, the Chief Executive in Council will make pay offers to the staff side and invite the staff side to respond to the pay offers before making a decision on the pay adjustment."

     The PTS was conducted by the Pay Survey and Research Unit of the Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service in strict adherence to the methodology endorsed by the PTSC. The tentative findings, presented in the form of "gross PTIs", show the rates of pay adjustment in the private sector in three salary bands for the period from April 2, 2025, to April 1, 2026. The PTSC will meet next week to decide whether to validate the "gross PTIs".

Ends/Thursday, May 28, 2026
Issued at HKT 12:45

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