The Average Annual Wage of Persons Employed in Urban Non-private Units In 2019

In 2019, the annual average wage of persons employed in urban non-private units in China was 90,501 yuan, an increase of 8,088 yuan over the previous year, a nominal increase [1] of 9.8 percent, and a decrease of 1.1 percentage points compared with 2018. After deducting the price factor, the annual average wage of persons employed in urban non-private units increased by 6.8 percent in 2019.

From the perspective of four regions, the average annual wage of persons employed in urban non-private units in 2019 listed from high to low in the east, west, central and northeast regions, respectively was 104,069, 81,954, 73,457 and 71,721 yuan, up 11.7, 8.2, 6.5 and 9.6 percent over the previous year. The ratio of average wage in the highest and lowest regions was 1.45, basically the same as the previous year.

By industry category, the three industries with the highest annual average wage were information transmission, software and information technology service industry of 161,352 yuan, scientific research and technology service industry of 133,459 yuan, and financial industry of 131,405 yuan, respectively 1.78, 1.47 and 1.45 times of the national average level. The three industries with the lowest average annual wage were agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery of 39,340 yuan, accommodation and catering of 50,346 yuan, and residential service, repair and other services of 60,232 yuan, respectively accounting for 43, 56 and 67 percent of the national average.

In terms of growth rate, the three industries with the highest annual average wage growth were mining, health and social work, and wholesale and retail industries, with growth rates of 11.8, 11.0 and 10.5 percent respectively. The three industries with the lowest growth rate were financial industry, leasing and business service industry, and accommodation and catering industry, with an increase of 1.2, 3.6 and 4.3 percent respectively.

According to the types of registration, the highest annual average wage was in foreign invested enterprises 106,604 yuan, 1.18 times of the national average. The lowest average annual wage was in collective-owned enterprises 62,612 yuan, 69 percent of the national average.

In terms of growth rate, the annual average wage growth rate of other domestic funded units was the highest, with an increase of 15.7 percent; the growth rate of collective units was the lowest, with an increase of 3.2 percent. Except for state-owned, limited liability companies, share-holding corporation Ltd., other domestic funded and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises, the average wage growth rate of other types of units were all lower than the national average.

Note: [1] the following are all nominal growth, unless noted specially.

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

(1) Persons Employed in Various Units: refers to those who work in the unit and are paid labor remuneration by the unit.

(2) Total Wage: according to the Regulations on the Composition of Total Wage (see the official website http://www.stats.gov.cn/zjtj/tjfg/xzfg/200207/t20020702_36026.html),

Total Wage refers to the total amount of labor remuneration paid directly to the employees of the unit during the reporting period (quarterly or annual). It includes time wage, piece wage, bonus, allowance and subsidy, overtime wage and salary paid in special circumstances.

The total wage is the pretax wage, including the personal income tax, social insurance fund, housing accumulation fund and other personal contributions directly withheld or paid by the unit from the personal wage, as well as the room fee, water and electricity fee.

The total amount of wage, whether included in the cost or not, whether paid in currency or in physical, shall be included in the calculation scope of the total amount of wage.

(3) Average wage: refers to the per capita wage paid by the unit in the reporting period. The calculation formula is:

Average wage=Total Amount of Wage in the Reporting Period/Average Number of People in the Reporting Period

2. Statistical Coverage

All non-private legal entities in urban areas, including state-owned units, urban collective units, joint ventures, share-holding system, foreign investment, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment, etc. Wage statistics refers to the employees of statistical units, while non unit employees such as individual employees and freelancers are not included in the scope of wage statistics. In 2019, a total of 2.172 million urban non private units were surveyed nationwide, with 172 million employees.

3. Survey Methods

According to the Survey System of Enterprise One Table and the Survey System of Labor Wage formulated by the National Bureau of statistics, a comprehensive survey method is adopted for the wage statistics of urban non-private units.

4. Division Method of East, Central, West and Northeast China

The East includes: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan.

The central part includes Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan.

The West includes: Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang.

The Northeast includes Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

5. Industrial Classification Standard

The industrial classification standard of wage statistics shall be implemented in accordance with the Industrial Classification of National Economy (GB / T4754-2017).

6. The data of the base period of the previous year shall be subject to the officially published China Statistical Yearbook -2019.