Table 5 Proportion of workers whose wage equals the minimum wage plus 10%: comparisons to the basic wage and two measures of the total wage
From: Compliance with legal minimum wages and overtime pay regulations in China
Basic wage | Basic wage + bonus | Basic wage + bonus + supplements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
=MW | [1,1.1]MW | =MW | [1,1.1]MW | =MW | [1,1.1]MW | |
All | 4.9 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 4.0 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
Female | 6.3 | 11.9 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
Educational attainment | ||||||
College or above | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Junior college | 2.9 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
High school | 4.8 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
Junior high school or below | 7.1 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
Age cohort | ||||||
Age 16–20 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
Age 21–25 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
Age 26–30 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
Age 31+ | 5.0 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
Experience cohort | ||||||
Experience 1–3 | 6.3 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Experience 4–6 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
Experience 7–9 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
Experience 10+ | 4.1 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
Position in firm | ||||||
Office work | 4.4 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
Manual worker with junior skill certificate | 5.2 | 12.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
Manual worker with no skill certificate | 7.2 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
Others | 2.0 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Firm size | ||||||
Large | 2.6 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Medium | 6.1 | 11.6 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
Small | 5.5 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
Firm ownership | ||||||
State funded firm | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Non-state domestic funded firm | 5.9 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.3 |
HongKong, Taiwan, Macao funded firm | 6.1 | 20 | 2.9 | 14.6 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
Foreign funded firm | 3.6 | 9.2 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
Region | ||||||
Beijing | 6.5 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
Jiangsu | 9.5 | 14.2 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
Shandong | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
Hubei | 4.6 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Guangdong | 3.7 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
Shaanxi | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
Ascending sort by firm revenue per worker | ||||||
The first quintile | 6.2 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
The second quintile | 5.4 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
The third quintile | 3.9 | 8.7 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
The fourth quintile | 6.6 | 10 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
The fifth quintile | 2.4 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Industry sectors | ||||||
Apparel and textile products manufacturing | 12 | 19.5 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
Communications equipment and computer manufacturing other electronic equipment | 6.5 | 14 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
Other manufacturing | 3.7 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
Electricity, gas and water production | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.2 |
Construction | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Transportation, storage and post | 5.3 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
Wholesale and retail trade (commerce) | 8.4 | 13.3 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
Financial service | 1.6 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 |