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)

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)