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China Average Wages by Sector

Name: China Average Wages by Sector
Creator: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The annual average wage of employees in urban non-private sector units in China, broken down by 19 economic industries, is published annually by the National Statistics Office.

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) of ChinaLast updated: Aug 01, 2026, 00:28Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
National Average	129,441	124,110	120,698	114,029	106,837	97,379	90,501	82,413	74,318	67,569	62,029	56,360	51,483	46,769	41,799	36,539	32,244	28,898	24,721	20,856	18,200	15,920	13,969	12,373	10,834	9,333
State-owned units				123,623	115,583	108,132	98,899	89,474	81,114	72,538	65,296	57,296	52,657	48,357	43,483	38,359	34,130	30,287	26,100	21,706	18,978	16,445	14,358	12,701	11,045	9,441
Urban collective units				77,868	74,491	68,590	62,612	60,664	55,243	50,527	46,607	42,742	38,905	33,784	28,791	24,010	20,607	18,103	15,444	12,866	11,176	9,723	8,627	7,636	6,851	6,241
Cooperative units				92,467	90,241	83,655	81,058	77,751	71,871	65,962	60,369	54,806	48,657	43,433	36,740	30,271	25,020	21,497	17,613	15,190	13,808	11,710	10,558	9,498	8,446	7,479
Domestic joint ventures				99,976	92,825	88,584	75,220	72,107	61,467	53,455	50,733	49,078	43,973	42,083	36,142	33,939	29,474	27,576	23,746	19,883	17,476	15,218	13,556	12,438	11,882	10,608
Limited liability companies				98,206	93,209	84,439	79,515	72,114	63,895	58,490	54,481	50,942	46,718	41,860	37,611	32,799	28,692	26,198	22,343	19,366	17,010	15,103	13,358	11,994	11,024	9,750
Joint-stock companies				131,720	121,594	108,583	103,087	93,316	85,028	78,285	72,644	67,421	61,145	56,254	49,978	44,118	38,417	34,026	28,587	24,383	20,272	18,136	15,738	13,815	12,333	11,105
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan-funded units				124,841	114,034	100,155	91,304	82,027	73,016	67,506	62,017	55,935	49,961	44,103	38,341	31,983	28,090	26,083	22,593	19,678	17,833	16,237	15,155	14,197	12,959	12,210
Foreign-funded units				137,199	126,019	112,089	106,604	99,367	90,064	82,902	76,302	69,826	63,171	55,888	48,869	41,739	37,101	34,250	29,594	26,552	23,625	22,250	21,016	19,409	17,553	15,692
Other units				78,376	76,342	71,772	71,329	61,666	54,417	49,759	46,945	42,224	38,306	34,694	29,961	25,253	21,633	19,591	16,280	13,262	11,230	10,211	10,670	10,444	11,888	9,888
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery	74,424	67,475	62,952	58,976
Mining and quarrying	143,361	140,706	135,025	121,522
Manufacturing	113,594	107,987	103,932	97,528
Electricity, heat, gas and water	160,897	150,285	143,594	132,964
Construction	92,036	89,519	85,804	78,295
Wholesale and retail trade	135,749	129,658	124,362	115,408
Transportation, storage and postal services	133,981	127,889	122,705	115,345
Accommodation and food service	62,461	60,240	58,094	53,995
Information transmission, software and IT services	248,752	238,966	231,810	220,418
Financial intermediation	211,164	201,883	197,663	174,341
Real estate	89,679	91,912	91,932	90,346
Leasing and commercial services	110,162	110,353	109,264	106,500
Scientific research and technical services	182,064	175,425	171,447	163,486
Water conservancy, environment and public facilities management	70,172	68,315	68,656	68,256
Residential services, repair and other services	70,226	68,159	68,919	65,478
Education	133,539	126,185	124,067	120,422
Health and social work	146,266	143,173	143,818	135,222
Culture, sports and entertainment	129,447	126,040	127,334	121,151
Public administration, social security and social organizations	119,465	114,840	117,108	117,440

Latest reading

National Average stood at 129,441 CNY/year in 2025. That is +4.3% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2000 to 2025. Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China.

Latest: 129,441 CNY/year; 2025
vs previous period: +4.3%; 2024

About this data

The annual average wage of employees in urban non-private sector units in China, broken down by 19 economic industries, is published annually by the National Statistics Office. This serves as the official income benchmark for social security contributions and for comparing labor costs across industries. Previously referred to as 'urban non-private units,' the series was shortened by the statistics office in 2023 to 'urban units'—representing the same continuous series rather than two distinct metrics.