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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