{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ik72uc7bs7ytcqznmb6a","title":"Hong Kong workers see real salary growth slow to 1.1% in post-pandemic low","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/hong-kong-workers-see-real-salary-growth-slow-to-1-1-in-post-pandemic-ik72uc7bs7","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_ik72uc7bs7ytcqznmb6a","seq":313145,"kind":"article","title":"Hong Kong workers see real salary growth slow to 1.1% in post-pandemic low","url":"https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/28/hong-kong-workers-see-real-salary-growth-slow-to-1-1-in-post-pandemic-low","summary":"Workers in Hong Kong have seen their salaries increase 1.1 per cent so far this year, after adjusting for inflation – the lowest pay rise the city has logged since 2021, when its economy was still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new pay trend survey has found. In its annual survey published on Thursday, […]","published":"2026-09-27T23:30:00Z","seen":"2026-09-27T23:34:21Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-hongkongfp-com-5e45b0","name":"hongkongfp.com","domain":"hongkongfp.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q20720631","name":"Hong Kong Free Press","type":"newspaper","country":"CN","designations":["magazine","online newspaper","online newspaper without paywall"]}},"via":"kite-hongkongfp-com-5e45b0","topics":["asia","business","community & education","hong kong","hong kong institute of human resources…","labour"],"authors":["Irene Chan"],"entities":[{"id":"Q8646","name":"Hong Kong","type":"place"}],"story":"st_ik72uc7bs7ytcqznmb6a","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.7400000095367432,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.23000000417232513,"political":0.12999999523162842}]}