Women are narrowing the pay gap with men - but not by much.
The latest survey by the Census and Statistics Department shows men still earn about 20 per cent more than women.
The median monthly salary of women - excluding overseas domestic helpers - was HK$10,000 last year, 83 per cent of the HK$12,000 median earned by men.
In 2006, women's median wage was HK$9,300 a month, 81 per cent of men's median monthly salary of HK$11,500.
'Compared [with] their female counterparts, a higher proportion of males were employed as managers, administrators and professionals', occupations that offer higher monthly earnings, the report said.
'A relatively higher proportion of females were employed in clerical and elementary occupations, which offered relatively lower monthly earnings,' the department's latest edition of 'Women and Men in Hongkong - Key Statistics' said.