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Strength of the Civil Service (as at 30 September 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 26 409 28  940 78 525 105 902 (61.4)
Female 17 351 0 187 49 059 66 597 (38.6)
Total 43 760 28 1 127 127 584 172 499 (100.0)
(%) (25.4) (*) (0.7) (74.0) (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  943 4 34 365 1 346 (0.8)
Master Pay Scale 26 928 0 307 80 749 107 984 (62.6)
Police Pay Scale (Points 1 - 54b) 9 604 24 229 17 297 27 154 (15.7)
Disciplined Services (Officer) and (Rank & File) Pay Scales 6 080 0 556 22 620 29 256 (17.0)
Model Scale 1 Pay Scale  205 0 1 6 342 6 548 (3.8)
Training Pay Scale 0 0 0 211 211 (0.1)
Total 43 760 28 1 127 127 584 172 499 (100.0)
(%) (25.4) (*) (0.7) (74.0) (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%.