Commuting costs taking bigger slice of workers' pay, global survey finds
With MTR to charge as much as 6pc more per trip, global survey finds work travel costs rising
As the MTR Corporation raises its fares for the sixth year in a row, a survey has found that workers are spending more of their wages on getting to work than five years ago.
The survey, by serviced-office provider Regus, found that globally, workers spend an average of 5 per cent of their annual take-home pay on work travel.
In 2010, this proportion was 3 per cent.
The survey found that in Hong Kong, 18 per cent of workers spend between 5 and 10 per cent of their annual take-home pay on work travel.
In Taiwan, one in four workers spends between 5 and 10 per cent of his or her pay on travel and one in five workers on the mainland does the same.
Thirty per cent of Hong Kong employees use between 2 and 5 per cent of their salary on their daily commute, while one in 10 forks out 10 per cent or more.
About 44,000 senior business executives from more than 100 countries were surveyed for the report, with 365 respondents from Hong Kong.