This statistic shows the average yearly wages in the manufacturing sector in China from 2012 to 2022. In 2022, the average wages in manufacturing in China increased to approximately 97,500 yuan from 92,500 yuan in the previous year.

Wages in Manufacturing in China increased to 103932 CNY/Year in 2023 from 97528 CNY/Year in 2022. This dataset provides - China Average Yearly Wages in Manufacturing - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2025, the minimum hourly wage in Beijing was the highest in China at 26.4 yuan per hour. In the past decade, China has been shifting from a cheap labor driven economy to more matured, service-oriented markets and industries. While the economy continues to grow, prices and wages keep on increasing as well. How do wages differ across the country? China’s provinces and municipalities are divided into districts of different levels. Most provinces set different minimum wages for different districts depending on the cost of living and level of development. Usually, provincial capitals and major cities enjoy higher hourly wages than smaller towns and rural areas of the same province. In 2025, the highest minimum hourly wages in China were to be found in Beijing and Tianjin municipalities with 26.4 and 24.4 yuan respectively, whereas employees in Hainan province who received a minimum wage were paid the least – between 16.3 and 17.9 yuan per hour. Minimum monthly wages that year were the highest in Shanghai and the lowest in Qinghai province. The average annual salary in urban China was around 120,700 yuan in 2023. What are the prospects? Regional governments in China are required to update their minimum wages at least every few years. Hebei, Fujian, and Guangdong – provinces that have not adjusted minimum wages in the past two years – are likely to do so in 2025. Along with economic development, increasing living standards, increasing prices and a shrinking labor force, overall minimum wages will likely continue growing in China.

China Average Monthly Income: Migrant Worker: Secondary Industry: Manufacturing data was reported at 4,978.000 RMB in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,780.000 RMB for Dec 2023. China Average Monthly Income: Migrant Worker: Secondary Industry: Manufacturing data is updated quarterly, averaging 3,444.000 RMB from Dec 2009 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,978.000 RMB in Dec 2024 and a record low of 1,331.000 RMB in Dec 2009. China Average Monthly Income: Migrant Worker: Secondary Industry: Manufacturing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GC: Average Income: Migrant Worker.

Wages in China increased to 120698 CNY/Year in 2023 from 114029 CNY/Year in 2022. This dataset provides - China Average Yearly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

China is the largest labor force market in the world. China’s economic prosperity wouldn’t exist without the large number of people working in this country. With increasing living standards and growing inflation, the wages of employees in China are increasing as well. As of 2022, average wages in China increased to ******* yuan from ****** yuan in 2012. Wage gap between regions The wages vary in China depending on sector, position, gender and region like in any other country. Since China’s different regions have developed unequally, the wage gaps between people working in different regions can also be very large. This is a reason for no single minimum wage being set for the entire nation. The local governments set minimum wages based on local living standards. Considering the city tier, the wage standards are higher in cities with higher rankings. ******** and ******* have the highest minimum wage standards in China. Although the minimum wages in China have been increasing, the standards are still lower than in developed countries. Challenges of increasing labor costs Increasing wages also make the labor force market less attractive. Affected by increasing labor costs and the China-United States trade war, many companies are transferring their investment destinations, especially in the manufacturing sector. Local governments are also taking measures to ensure the living costs remain at a reasonable level to retain companies and employees. These measures include regulating the residential housing market more strictly.

In 2018, manufacturing labor costs in China were estimated to be **** U.S. dollars per hour. This is compared to an estimated **** U.S. dollars per hour in Mexico, and **** U.S. dollars in Vietnam. Manufacturing jobs in the United States Many people in the United States believe manufacturing jobs to be the backbone of the U.S. economy, despite employment in the manufacturing sector decreasing since 1997, and the monthly change in manufacturing employment being highly variable. Although manufacturing added a value of about ** percent to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, employment in the United States has been moving away from manufacturing to other means of employment. A difference in earnings Part of this steering away from manufacturing could be due to a difference in labor costs. While hourly wages in Vietnam were less than * U.S. dollars in 2018, hourly wages in the U.S. manufacturing sector hovered around ** U.S. dollars in 2018. The labor costs in the U.S. could simply be too high for companies, who look to countries such as China, Mexico, and Vietnam for cheaper labor.

This dataset provides values for WAGES IN MANUFACTURING reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Key information about China Monthly Earnings

• China Monthly Earnings stood at 1,392 USD in Dec 2023, compared with the previous figure of 1,336 USD in Dec 2022
• China Monthly Earnings data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2000 to Dec 2023, with an average number of 349 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 1,393 USD in Dec 2021 and a record low of 83 USD in Jun 2000

CEIC calculates Monthly Earnings from quarterly Earnings divided by 3 and converts it into USD. The National Bureau of Statistics provides year-to-date Average Wage in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Monthly Earnings cover urban population only.


Further information about China Monthly Earnings

• In the latest reports, China Population reached 1,410 million people in Dec 2023
• Unemployment Rate of China dropped to 5 % in Jun 2024
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 66 % in Dec 2023

Labour Costs in China increased to 58.40 points in August from 54.20 points in July of 2025. This dataset provides - China Labour Costs - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

According to the results of a study published in July 2021, workers in the garment industry in Indonesia earned the highest basic monthly wage compared to other major garment-producing Asian countries. In the time period between March 2020 and March 2021 (the first full year of COVID-19 pandemic), Indonesian garment workers had an average monthly basic wage of 243 U.S. dollars. Cambodia and Myanmar followed in the list with average monthly basic wages of 190 U.S. dollars and 157 U.S. dollars, respectively. When taking the seven countries surveyed into account, the estimated global average of monthly basic wage of garment industry workers was estimated to be worth 200 U.S. dollars per month in this time period.

This dataset provides values for MINIMUM WAGES reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

In 2024 there were approximately ***** million migrant workers in China. Around ****million of them were local migrant workers, working in the vicinity of their place of home, while ***** million worked at more distant places in their home province or in regions far away. The number of migrant workers increased slightly by around *** million people in 2024. Migrant workers in China The total number of migrant workers in China has increased steadily, except for 2020. In 2024, migrant workers in China accounted for more than ** percent of the total population and roughly ** percent of the Chinese labor force. It is worth noting that nearly half of migrant workers left their hometowns without their families. In terms of education, the majority of migrant workers in China are moderately educated, i.e. less than ** percent of them did not get to finish middle school. Migrant workers contribute significantly to China’s urbanization and modernization. Roughly ** percent of them were employed in the manufacturing industry in 2024, and around ** percent in the construction sector. Wages and employment There has been a considerable rise in the average monthly income of migrant workers in recent years, which reached ***** yuan in 2024 – more than two times as much as in 2012. However, migrant workers are still not being treated equally. At least the share of migrant workers who did not receive their wages on time has decreased significantly from 4.1 percent in 2008 to less than 1 percent in recent years. This is only a small improvement, though, since unemployment is quite high among migrant workers: In 2012, some 7.7 percent of migrant workers were registered as unemployed in western China, a percentage much higher than the national unemployment rate of approximately 5 percent.

China's economic growth has driven demand for the machinery manufacturing industries in recent years. The rapid development of many downstream sectors, including engineering machinery, farming machinery and traffic engineering, contributed to the development of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China. Industry revenue is expected to increase at an annualized 6.3% over the five years through 2024, to $47.2 billion. This includes growth of 2.9% in the current year.The industry insists on research and development to improve product performance, which increases the added value of products. Industry profits will improve overall in the future. Industry profit is expected to total 9.6% of revenue in 2024. The industry demand for high-end technical talents will increase, and the low-end labor force will decrease, which will lead to the increase of per capita wages in the industry. Total wages are expected to rise by an annualized 4.3% over the five years through 2024, to $2.5 billion.Industry revenue is forecast to increase at an annualized 4.0% over the five years through 2029, to $57.4 billion. Steady increases in domestic and foreign demand are anticipated to largely drive growth. With the implementation of the national new infrastructure policy, it will promote the R&D and production of various high-end equipment products in China. The demand for engine products will increase as well.The import and export trade of the industry showed good development. The export market is expected to grow at an average rate of 3.5% in the next five years while the import market will increase at a CAGR of 1.7%, to $13.6 billion.Increasing environmental concerns will likely increase demand for with high-quality, energy-saving products. Engine Manufacturing in China should accelerate efforts to improve thermal efficiency by relying on AI and big data. In addition, alternative fuels like natural gas and oil will help the development of engine manufacturing industry. In the future, with the continuous upgrading of national emission standards, improving the technical level of engines and developing clean green power will become an important direction of future industry development.