On July 1, for the first time in three years, Guangdong province’s Human Resources and Social Security Bureau announced an increase in employees’ minimum wages, Yangcheng Evening News reported.
Minimum earnings in first-tier cities Guangzhou and Shenzhen rose from a previous province-wide high of RMB1,895 a month and RMB18.3 per hour. Salaries in smaller metropolises have also been set according to each city’s tier, as the table below shows.
At RMB2,200 a month and RMB20.3 hourly, Shenzhen has the highest minimum salary in the province, even higher than Beijing’s standard of RMB2,120 monthly. Shenzhen’s salary still falls short of Shanghai’s, however, which recently increased the minimum monthly wage to RMB2,420 from RMB2,300 in April.
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Guangzhou comes next in the province, with a minimum monthly wage of RMB2,100 and hourly pay of RMB20.3. Second tier cities Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan and Zhongshan offer a lower monthly salary of RMB1720 and RMB16.4 each hour, while Shantou, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqin make up the third tier. In the bottom tier, with the lowest minimum wages, are Shaoguan, Heyuan, Meizhou, Shanwei, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Qingyuan, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Yunfu.
It's been a little more than a year since Shenzhen’s last increase of the minimum wage: in March 2017, the city raised its wages to be at least RMB2,130 per month or RMB19.5 an hour.
According to CNR, so far this year regions in China have raised their minimum wages across the board with an overall national increase of 5 percent. In addition to Shanghai and Guangdong, cities and provinces that recently announced changes include Beijing, Sichuan, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Xizang, Guangxi, Yunnan and Shandong. Eight cities in China now have a minimum monthly wage of over RMB2,000.
According to the recent announcement by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Guangdong, figures for minimum salary do not include overtime pay, welfare, benefits or allowance for special circumstances such as working outdoors in high temperatures.
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Additional contribution by Bailey Hu.
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