More than half of directly elected lawmakers, including some from a Beijing loyalist party, have called for the minimum wage to be raised from HK$28 an hour to at least HK$33.
The People's Alliance for Minimum Wage recently asked the 40 directly elected lawmakers to state their stance on reviewing the salary floor, which was introduced in May last year. Twenty-four supported an increase to at least HK$33 an hour.
A higher wage floor - HK$35 an hour - is being sought by five pan-democratic parties, including People Power and the Labour Party, as well as the pro-government Federation of Trade Unions.
Two other pan-democratic parties, the Democratic Party and the Civic Party, support the HK$33 an hour figure.
The wage alliance said another Beijing loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, did not make its stance clear. The DAB, with 10 directly elected lawmakers, said only that it respected the minimum wage mechanism.
The Minimum Wage Commission is due to submit a report on a review of the salary floor to the government by the end of next month.