Professional services managers not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work

Also called: Archives manager, Art gallery manager, Correctional services manager, Legal service manager, Library manager, Museum manager, Police superintendent, Prison governor

This unit group covers managers who plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the provision of specialized professional and technical services and are not classified in Minor Group 121: Business Services and Administration Managers, or elsewhere in Minor Group 134: Professional Services Managers. For instance, managers responsible for the provision of policing, correctional, library, legal and fire services are classified here.

Main tasks

• Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre
• Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff
• Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of professional, technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
• Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of services
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Planning, directing and coordinating the provision of services
• Coordinating cooperation with other service provision agencies in the same or related fields
• Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
• Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 33 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Professional services managers not elsewhere classified: how do I get into this work?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

Professional services managers not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?

Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Professional services managers not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026