Minimum Wage in China 2023

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Minimum wages in China are set by the local governments and vary based on the province and the cities/areas within that province. Each province has minimum monthly wages and minimum hourly wages for workers paid on an hourly basis. 

So, what is the minimum wage in China?

Minimum Wage in Mainland China by Province & City

(Source: Dezan Shira)
Minimum Wages Across China
Province Average monthly minimum wage (RMB) City/Area Monthly minimum wage (RMB) Hourly minimum wage (RMB)
Anhui 1,318 Hefei 1,520 16
Bengbu 1,350 14
Huaibei
Huainan
Xuancheng
Anqing 1,250 13
Fuyang
Huangshan
Other county-level cities 1,150 12
Beijing 2,320 Beijing 2,320 25.3
Chongqing 1,700 Chongqing 1,700 17
Fujian 1,628 Xiamen 1,800 18.5
Fuzhou 1,720 18
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou 1,570 16.5
Ningde
Sanming 1,420 15
Nanping
Gansu 1,545 Lanzhou 1,620 17
Jiayuguan
Yumen
Dunhuang
Hezuo 1,570 16.5
Linxia 1,520 15.9
Other county-level cities 1,470 15.4
Guangdong 1,796 Guangzhou 2,100 20.3
Shenzhen 2,200 20.3
Zhuhai 1,720 16.4
Foshan
Dongguan 1,550 15.3
Zhongshan
Shantou 1,410 14
Huizhou
Jiangmen
Shaoguan
Heyuan
Meizhou
Guangxi 1,607 Nanning 1,810 17.5
Liuzhou
Guilin
Wuzhou
Beihai
Fangchenggang
Qinzhou
Yulin 1,580 15.3
Baise
Guigang
Other county-level cities 1,430 14
Guizhou 1,677 Guiyang 1,790 18.6
Qingzhen
Chishui
Kaiyang 1,670 17.5
Xifeng 1,570 16.5
Xiuwen
Hainan 1,347 Haikou 1,430 12.6
Sanya
Yangpu Economic Development Zone
Qionghai 1,330 11.7
Danzhou
Sansha 1,280 11.3
Wenchang
Other cities
Hebei 1,738 Shijiazhuang 1,900 19
Baoding
Langfang
Tangshan
Qinghuangdao
Handan 1,790 18
Xintai
Hengshui
Zhangjiakou
Chengde
Shenzhou 1,680 17
Xinle
Yizhou
Other county-level cities 1,580 16
Heilongjiang 1,640 Harbin 1,860 18
Daqin
Qiqihar 1,610 14
Mudanjiang
Jiamusi
Suihua
Heihe 1,450 13
Yinchun
Daxinganling
Henan 1,700 Zhengzhou 1,900 19
Luoyang
Anyang
Kaifeng 1,700 17
Puyang
Nanyang
Weihui 1,500 15
Hubei 1,745 Wuhan 2,010 19.5
Huangshi 1,800 18
Yichang
Huanggang
Tianmen
Certain county-level cities 1,650 16.5
Shengnong 1,520 15
Other county-level cities
Hunan 1,355 Changsha 1,580 15
Zhuzhou
Xiangtan 1,430 13.4
Yueyang
Changde
Zhangjiajie 1,280 12.4
Yongzhou
Yiyang
Loudi 1,130 11.6
Inner Mongolia 1,610 Hohhot 1,760 18.6
Erenhot
Hulunbuir 1,660 17.6
Xilinhot
Bayanur 1,560 16.5
Ulanhot
Arxan 1,460 15.5
Jiangsu        2,010 Nanjing 2,280 22
Suzhou
Zhenjiang
Changzhou
Wuxi
Yangzhou 2,070 20
Nantong
Lianyungang
Suqian 1,840 18
Jiangxi 1,730 Nanchang 1,850 18.5
Jiujiang 1,730 17.3
Shangrao
Pingxiang
Ji’an
Yichun 1,610 16.1
Fuzhou
Jilin 1,630 Changchun 1,780 17
Jilin 1,680 16
Siping 1,580 15
Liaoyuan
Tonghua
Baicheng 1,480 14
Liaoning 1,365 Dalian 1,620 16
Shenyang
Anshan 1,420 14
Dandong
Fushun
Yingkou
Chaoyang 1,300 11.8
Fuxin
Huludao 1,120 10.6
Tieling
Ningxia 1,847 Yinchuan 1,950 18
Shizuishan
Lingwu 1,840 17
Wuzhong
Zhongwei
Guyuan 1,750 16
Qinghai 1,700 Qinghai province 1,700 15.2
Shaanxi 1,850 Xi’an 1,950 19
Baoji 1,850 18
Hancheng
Hanzhong
Tongchuan
Weinan
Xianyang
Yan’an
Yulin
Ankang 1,750 17
Shangluo
Shandong 1,730 Dongyin 1,910 19.1
Jinan
Qingdao
Weifang
Weihai
Yantai
Zibo
Binzhou 1,730 17.3
Jinning
Laiwu
Linyi
Rizhao
Tai’an
Zaozhuang
Dezhou 1,550 15.5
Heze
Liaocheng
Shanghai 2,590 Shanghai 2,590 23
Shanxi 1,757 Taiyuan, Jincheng and Lvliang 1,880 19.8
Datong, Changzhi, Shuozhou, Yizhou, Jinzhong, Linfen, and Yuncheng 1,760 18.5
Other county-level cities 1,630 17.2
Sichuan 1,660 Chengdu 1,780 18.7
Outer Chengdu 1,650 17.4
Other county-level cities 1,550 16.3
Tianjin 2,180 Tianjin 2,180 22.6
Tibet 1,850 Tibet province 1,850 18
Xinjiang 1,690 Karamay 1,900 19
Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous Region
Changji 1,700 17
Shixenze
Urumqi
Wujyachu
Aksu 1,620 16.2
Arai
Kashgar
Korla
Kumul
Tumxuk
Turpan
Wusu
Atlay 1,540 15.4
Atush
Bortala
Dacheng
Gulja
Kuytun
Yunnan 1,507 Kunming 1,670 15
Outer Kunming 1,500 14
Other county-level cities 1,350 13
Zhejiang 2,063 Hangzhou 2,280 22
Ningbo
Wenzhou
Huzhou 2,070 20
Jinhua
Shaoxing
Taizhou
Lishui 1,840 18
Zhoushan

Summary of minimum wages in China

The provinces with the lowest average minimum wages in 2021 are Anhui (1318CNY), Hainan (1347CNY), Hunan (1355CNY) and Liaoning (1365CNY). The Chinese cities with the lowest minimum wage in 2021 are Huludao & Tieling in Liaoning (1120CNY), Loudi in Hunan (1130CNY) and various county level cities in Anhui (1150CNY).

On the opposite side of the spectrum, the provinces in China with the highest minimum wages in 2021 (excluding the four direct-administered municipalities of China: Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing) are Zhejiang (2063CNY)  and Jiangsu (2010 CNY) province. The Chinese cities with the highest minimum wages in 2021 are Shanghai (2590CNY) and Beijing (2320CNY), followed by Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou and Wuxi (all 2280CNY).

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Mainland China Minimum Wage Map

(Source: Dezan Shira)

China minimum wage

Standard of Monthly Minimum Wage by province

(Source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security)
Province 2021 2020 2019

Anhui

 N/A   ¥  1,520.00  ¥  1,520.00

Beijing Municipality

 ¥  2,320.00  ¥  2,200.00  ¥  2,200.00

Chongqing Municipality

 N/A   ¥  1,800.00  ¥  1,800.00

Fujian

 N/A   ¥  1,800.00  ¥  1,700.00

Gansu

 ¥  1,820.00  ¥  1,620.00  ¥  1,620.00

Guangdong

 N/A   ¥  2,100.00  ¥  2,100.00

Guangxi

 N/A   ¥  1,810.00  ¥  1,680.00

Guizhou

 N/A   ¥  1,790.00  ¥  1,790.00

Hainan

 N/A   ¥  1,670.00  ¥  1,670.00

Hebei

 N/A   ¥  1,900.00  ¥  1,900.00

Heilongjiang

 ¥  1,860.00  ¥  1,680.00  ¥  1,680.00

Henan

 N/A   ¥  1,900.00  ¥  1,900.00

Hubei

 ¥  2,010.00  ¥  1,750.00  ¥  1,750.00

Hunan

 N/A   ¥  1,700.00  ¥  1,700.00

Inner Mongolia

 N/A   ¥  1,760.00  ¥  1,760.00

Jiangsu

 ¥  2,280.00  ¥  2,020.00  ¥  2,020.00

Jiangxi

 ¥  1,850.00  ¥  1,680.00  ¥  1,680.00

Jilin

 N/A   ¥  1,780.00  ¥  1,780.00

Liaoning

 N/A   ¥  1,810.00  ¥  1,810.00

Ningxia

 ¥  1,950.00  ¥  1,660.00  ¥  1,660.00

Qinghai

 N/A   ¥  1,700.00  ¥  1,500.00

Shaanxi

 ¥  1,950.00  ¥  1,800.00  ¥  1,800.00

Shandong

 N/A   ¥  1,910.00  ¥  1,910.00

Shanghai Municipality

 ¥  2,590.00  ¥  2,480.00  ¥  2,480.00

Shanxi

 N/A   ¥  1,700.00  ¥  1,700.00

Sichuan

 N/A   ¥  1,780.00  ¥  1,780.00

Tianjin Municipality

 ¥  2,180.00  ¥  2,050.00  ¥  2,050.00

Tibet

 ¥  1,850.00  ¥  1,650.00  ¥  1,650.00

Xinjiang

 ¥  1,900.00  ¥  1,820.00  ¥  1,820.00

Yunnan

 N/A   ¥  1,670.00  ¥  1,670.00

Zhejiang

 ¥  2,280.00  ¥  2,010.00  ¥  2,010.00

Summary of standard minimum wages in China 

Pulling data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as a secondary source to base our numbers on. The provinces with the lowest standard minimum wages in 2020 are Anhui (1520CNY in 2020), Gansu (1820CNY in 2021 up from 1620CNY in 2020), Tibet (1850CNY in 2021, up from 1650CNY in 2020), Yunnan (1670CNY in 2020) and Hainan (1670CNY in 2020). In this data source, Liaoning’s standard minimum wage is reported significantly higher.

Mainland China Standard Minimum Wage Map (2020)

(Source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security)

standard China minimum wage