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Hong Kong pay growth slows as Guangdong accelerates, survey finds

Lexi Tian · South China Morning Post

Published 22 Oct 2026, 8:48 pm·1 h ago·1 min read

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Hong Kong workers received smaller pay rises this year as Guangdong’s wage growth picked up, with the starting salaries of university graduates edging closer to those of non-degree holders, an annual survey has found. Hong Kong Baptist University released the findings of its 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Pay and Benefits Survey on Thursday. It showed that companies in Hong Kong and Macau slowed pay rises this year. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage...

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