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KPMG Releases Ninth Annual Hong Kong Employment Outlook Report

Organisations should balance optimisation and workforce expectations

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 19 March 2025 - KPMG China announced today the release of its ninth annual Hong Kong Employment Outlook survey, providing insights into the latest trends and challenges facing the region's employment market.

The report covers the headcount expectations of Hong Kong professionals, a salary outlook with an analysis of compensation and benefits in the region, talent management trends to retain and attract talent, areas of growth for companies, and a multi-sectoral salary table. It reveals a cautious employment market in Hong Kong, with C-level executives expressing slightly more optimism about hiring in 2025 compared to 2024 albeit with more uncertainty also creeping in. However, overall headcount expectations have decreased slightly year-over-year across most sectors.

Conducted between 2 and 14 January 2025, the survey collected the perspectives of 425 Hong Kong business executives and professionals on employment trends and career opportunities in Hong Kong and the wider Greater Bay Area (GBA). Respondents were drawn from various sectors, with 53% of respondents' organisations being headquartered in Hong Kong. Among the respondents, 50% held leadership positions (21% C-level and 29% department head or equivalent). This year also marks the first time the survey was expanded to Singapore, for which the findings are covered in a separate publication.

David Siew, Head of People Services, Tax, KPMG China, says: "Evolving business needs, shifting workforce demographics, and technological advancements will drive Hong Kong's employment market. Organisations will need to strike a balance between the optimisation of their operations and the evolving expectations of the workforce for long-term success."

The report highlights the growing importance of talent management for Hong Kong-based organisations, with employers increasingly focusing on attracting and retaining top talent. Key findings include:

  • A cautious hiring market: Whilst C-suites retain a more optimistic view of increasing or maintaining headcount in 2025 (76%), the increasing uncertainty creeping in suggests that employers will be more cautious in a challenging market.
  • Subdued salary expectations: Across all respondents, 74% are expecting a pay rise in 2025 against 78% the year prior.
  • Career moves are on a downtrend: 14% of survey respondents reported having made a career move in 2024 against 15% in 2023 and 23% in 2022.
  • Stability is increasingly sought after: 39% of respondents put stability as their top non-monetary factor when choosing a new employer, up from 31% in 2024.
  • Talent demand adapts to market conditions: 97% of C-level and HR respondents experienced challenges in hiring the right talent, with 53% finding these challenges unmanageable.
The report also explores the impact of generative AI on the Hong Kong employment market, with more than half of Hong Kong respondents reporting that their organisations have adopted Gen AI in the past 12 months.

Finally, this year's report touches on GBA opportunities for Hong Kong-based organisations, with 65% of respondents reporting their organisation is either already operating in other GBA cities or planning to expand there within the next three years. The GBA also offers a deep talent pool of qualified professionals that Hong Kong-based organisations have increasingly leveraged: half (51%) of C-level and HR respondents hired talent from the Chinese Mainland in 2025 while 28% hired from overseas markets.
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About KPMG China

KPMG in China has offices located in 31 cities with over 14, 000 partners and staff, in Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongguan, Foshan, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR. It started operations in Hong Kong in 1945. In 1992, KPMG became the first international accounting network to be granted a joint venture licence in the Chinese Mainland. In 2012, KPMG became the first among the "Big Four" in the Chinese Mainland to convert from a joint venture to a special general partnership.

KPMG is a global organisation of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited ("KPMG International") operate and provide professional services. "KPMG" is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organization or to one or more member firms collectively.

KPMG firms operate in 142 countries and territories with more than 275,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. Each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities.

Celebrating 80 years in Hong Kong

In 2025, KPMG marks "80 Years of Trust" in Hong Kong. Established in 1945, we were the first international accounting firm to set up operations in the city. Over the past eight decades, we've woven ourselves into the fabric of Hong Kong, working closely with the government, regulators, and the business community to help establish Hong Kong as one of the world's leading business and financial centres. This close collaboration has enabled us to build lasting trust with our clients and the local community – a core value celebrated in our anniversary theme: "80 Years of Trust".

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