Practitioners

In addition to company owners, we also distributed questionnaires to interior design practitioners. Base on these questionnaires, we found that 32% of respondents have been working in the industry for 3 years or below, 25% have been working for between 3-5 years, 21% 6-10 years and 22% 11 years or above. This indicates that the interior design industry is a fairly young one in which over half of the practitioners have only been in the industry for less than 5 years.

With regards to their academic qualifications, 27% are matriculated or below, 51% of respondents have obtained certificate/diploma/higher diploma or associate degree, while 23% have bachelor’s degree or above. 43% have not worked in other industries prior to joining the interior design field, while 57% have prior experience working in other industries including trading, hospitality manufacturing or professional.

In terms of salary, 15% of practitioners have income of HK$9.9k or below, 29% earn between HK$10k to HK$14.9k, 29% earn between HK$15k-HK$19.9k, 16% earn between HK$20k-HK$29.9k, and 11% earn HK$30k or above. The mean salary is HK$18,000, which compares favorably with Hong Kong’s average mean salary of HK$11200.