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Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung emphasised that the indicators are only one of several factors considered in determining the civil service pay adjustment.
The HKSAR Government has announced the 2026-27 ‘net pay trend indicators (PTIs)’ for civil servants across three salary bands.
Based on the tentative findings of the Pay Trend Survey (PTS), the net PTIs are calculated under the established mechanism by deducting the civil service ‘payroll cost of increments (PCIs)’ from the respective ‘gross PTIs’ for each salary band:
|
Salary band |
Gross PTIs [A] |
Average PCIs from 1989-90 to 2019-20 [B] |
Actual PCIs for this year |
Net PTIs [A]-[B] |
|
Upper (monthly salary from HK$81,511 to HK$163,905) |
5.16% |
1.04% |
1.30% |
4.12% |
|
Middle (monthly salary from HK$26,590 to HK$81,510) |
3.67% |
1.03% |
1.42% |
2.64% |
|
Lower (monthly salary below HK$26,590) |
2.33% |
1.16% |
2.16% |
1.17% |
Speaking at a media session on 28 May 2026, Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said the ‘net PTIs’ serve as a set of objective data to be considered by the Chief Executive in Council, but emphasised that they are not the only factor in considering the civil service pay adjustment.
“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,” she said.
“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 ‘PTIs’ calculated from the findings of the PTS, the pay claims of the staff side, and civil service morale.”
Yeung added that 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. 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 2 April 2025 to 1 April 2026.
The survey covered 154,887 employees from 104 companies, including 80 larger companies with 100 or more employees and 24 smaller companies employing between 50 and 99 staff.
The initial draft of the PTS Report has been submitted to the Pay Trend Survey Committee (PTSC), which will review the report and meet on 3 June 2026 to examine and consider whether to validate the findings of the survey before formally submitting them to the Government.
The PTSC does not suggest to the Government the recommended rates of adjustments to civil service salaries. Whether tentative or validated, the survey findings are not rates of adjustments to civil service salaries recommended by the PTSC.
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