Table 2 Percent of workers whose monthly wage is below the monthly legal minimum wage
From: Compliance with legal minimum wages and overtime pay regulations in China
|  | Basic wage + bonus is below the MW | Basic wage + bonus + supplements is below MW | The percent of obs. |
|---|---|---|---|
All | 3.4 | 2.1 | 100 |
Gender | |||
 Male | 2.7 | 1.8 | 60.5 |
 Female | 4.5 | 2.6 | 39.5 |
Educational attainment | |||
 College or above | 1.1 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
 Junior college | 1.7 | 1.1 | 16.4 |
 High school | 2.8 | 1.7 | 42.9 |
 Junior high school or below | 5.4 | 2.9 | 30.9 |
Age cohort | |||
 Age 16–20 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
 Age 21–25 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 15.9 |
 Age 26–30 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 19.2 |
 Age 31+ | 2.9 | 1.7 | 60.1 |
Experience cohort | |||
 Experience 1–3 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 26.8 |
 Experience 4–6 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 15.3 |
 Experience 7–9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
 Experience 10+ | 2.3 | 1.5 | 48.3 |
Position in firm | |||
 Office work | 5.2 | 3.9 | 10.3 |
 Manual worker with junior skill certificate | 1.8 | 1.1 | 14.1 |
 Manual worker with no skill certificate | 5.1 | 2.8 | 40.2 |
 Others | 1.7 | 1.2 | 35.4 |
Firm ownership | |||
 State funded firm | 2.8 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
 Non-state domestic funded firm | 2.9 | 1.9 | 61.5 |
 HongKong, Taiwan, Macao funded firm | 9.4 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
 Foreign funded firm | 2.3 | 1.2 | 15.4 |
Firm size | |||
 Large | 1.8 | 1.4 | 29.5 |
 Medium | 3.9 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
 Small | 4.0 | 2.3 | 27.3 |
Region | |||
 Beijing | 1.9 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
 Jiangsu | 1.5 | 0.7 | 28.1 |
 Shandong | 2.8 | 2.4 | 28.9 |
 Hubei | 1.3 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
 Guangdong | 15.4 | 6.9 | 9.6 |
 Shaanxi | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
Ascending sort by firm revenue per worker | |||
 The first quintile | 6.7 | 2.7 | 14.4 |
 The second quintile | 5.5 | 2.9 | 17.4 |
 The third quintile | 4.2 | 2.4 | 25.4 |
 The fourth quintile | 3.7 | 2.2 | 24.2 |
 The fifth quintile | 3.3 | 1.9 | 18.6 |
Industry sectors | |||
 Apparel and textile products manufacturing | 2.2 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
 Communications equipment and computer manufacturing other electronic equipment | 4.9 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
 Other manufacturing | 3.7 | 2.3 | 51.0 |
 Electricity, gas and water production | 3.5 | 2.1 | 5.2 |
 Construction | 1.5 | 0.9 | 8.7 |
 Transportation, storage and post service | 4.5 | 2.9 | 7.3 |
 Wholesale and retail trade (commerce) | 1.9 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
 Financial service | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |