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Strength of the Civil Service (as at 30 June 2024)
(excluding Judges and Judicial Officers, ICAC officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices outside Hong Kong)

By sex and terms of appointment


Sex Terms of Appointment (Notes 1 to 6)
Local Overseas Common New Total (%)
Male 27 270 29  945 77 539 105 783 (61.4)
Female 17 960 0 189 48 463 66 612 (38.6)
Total 45 230 29 1 134 126 002 172 395 (100.0)
(%) (26.2) (*) (0.7) (73.1) (100.0)  

By salary groups and terms of appointment

Salary Group Terms of Appointment (Notes 1 to 6)
Local Overseas Common New Total (%)
Directorate Pay Scale or equivalent  969 4 34 356 1 363 (0.8)
Master Pay Scale 27 948 0 308 79 567 107 823 (62.5)
Police Pay Scale (Points 1 - 54b) 9 784 25 228 16 999 27 036 (15.7)
Disciplined Services (Officer) and (Rank & File) Pay Scales 6 300 0 563 22 414 29 277 (17.0)
Model Scale 1 Pay Scale  229 0 1 6 432 6 662 (3.9)
Training Pay Scale 0 0 0 234 234 (0.1)
Total 45 230 29 1 134 126 002 172 395 (100.0)
(%) (26.2) (*) (0.7) (73.1) (100.0)  

 

Notes:
  1. "Local" refers to the set of terms offered to a local officer appointed before the introduction of common terms.
  2. "Overseas" refers to the set of terms offered to an overseas officer appointed before the introduction of common terms.
  3. "Common" refers to a common set of terms of appointment and conditions of service applicable to new appointees to the Civil Service on civil service terms and conditions who are offered appointment on or after 1 January 1999 and before 1 June 2000.
  4. "New" refers to new sets of terms of appointment and conditions of service applicable to new appointees to the Civil Service on civil service terms and conditions who are offered appointment on or after 1 June 2000.
  5. (%) denotes percentage to total. (These figures may not add up exactly to the total due to rounding.)
  6. (*) denotes percentage less than 0.05%.