• savx@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    those data are somewhat accurate in beijing/shanghai/shenzhen, but in no way does it reflects average salary in the whole country. even in tier1 cities 10k average is only achieveable for white collar working class people. a typical blue colloar worker earn around 4k by contrast. people from tier 2/3/4 cities earn way less.

    https://rsj.beijing.gov.cn/bm/ywml/202007/t20200717_1950961.html

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      2 months ago

      in no way does it reflects average salary in the whole country

      The whole country isn’t urbanized and proletarianized, yet. If you go far enough into the Eastern rural districts, you’re not going to find malls full of fast food restaurants much less salary workers looking to pinch their renminbi.

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        2 months ago

        i’m not even talking about rural/un-urbanized area. in cities your numbers are still way higher than reality. even in beijing, making 10k plus a month is like top 20%, needless to say “Salaries range from 7,410 CNY (lowest average)” is a day dream.

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          2 months ago

          even in beijing, making 10k plus a month is like top 20%

          Salaries have been rising steadily for the last ten years. Your data is likely out of date.

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            2 months ago

            i already gave you data for beijing in my first comment, those are up to 2023.