Shanghai social welfare bureau published 2010 salary guideline to local employers about hiring fresh graduates. It is a guideline to 230 jobs, and based on data from graduate students in 2009 who has worked at least for half year. Read More…
Fresh graduate salary guideline in Shanghai Friday, July 30th, 2010
Average salary in China Thursday, July 29th, 2010
What are average salary in Shanghai, Beijing, Tibet, Zhejiang, Jiangshu, Guangdong, and Tianjin etc.? Let’s check data released by government on July 16, 2010. Read More…
2010 median salary of fresh graduate in first tier cities Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Report from China international intellectual, a full-service human resources company, stated average salary of fresh graduate in first tier cities is 2500RMB per month ($373). The number is the same with year 2009. Read More…
Historical average salary in Shanghai Monday, June 28th, 2010
Data are from local government. It is lower than what most locals expect, but just take it as a bottom line when you neogotiate with your job contract. Obviously, with a monthly pay in RMB3566 of year 2009, you are in hardship to live in Shanghai considering a major expense on shelter which is even shared with roommate. Read More…
Average job sign-on rate by fresh graduates in Shanghai Sunday, June 27th, 2010
A report released from an officer in charge of education in Shanghai has shown average job sign-on rate by fresh graduates from Shanghai universities or colleges reaches to 44.38% until June 1st., 2010.
That means in all 168,000 fresh graduates in Shanghai, only about 74558 students sign an intentional job contract (not mandatory)with hiring employers. And over half couldn’t find job yet. Read More…
Shanghai minimum pay guideline Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Starting from April 1st., 2010, minimum monthly pay by employers in Shanghai can’t be lower than RMB1120 ($167), and minimum hourly pay, which was RMB8 before, is RMB9 now.
Obviously, this salary is just for your food and shelter you can’t imagine. Why? Let me do math here. Read More…
Average monthly rent RMB2947 in Beijing Friday, June 25th, 2010
Data released by local city government in June show the average monthly apartment rent in Beijing is 2947 yuan (about US$440), and apartment is just a smaller two bedrooms with furniture (about 60 square meter in size). If location is near to city center or metro station, then rent will go higher, otherwise lower to 1931 yuan where is an outskirt city of Beijing, such as Tongzhou district. Read More…
Are you comfortable with salary guideline of foreign teachers in Shanghai? Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Today, I read a draft salary guideline to foreign teachers employed by China’s higher education institutions. The guideline has been released for a while, but salary level doesn’t make sense, specially for the most experienced teachers in first-tier cities like Shanghai.
Per new draft guideline, a pre-tax monthly salary of up to 15,000 yuan (US$2,239) is for the most experienced teachers in first-tier cities like Shanghai and Beijing. In previous guideline released in year 2000, the average pre-tax ceiling was 6,000 yuan a month. In year 2000, 6,000 yuan per month is a significant income to locals, but now 15,000 yuan is not big deal even to most local young professionals. So gap is shrinking which means we may need to compromise quality of teachers. Read More…
42789 - Average Salary in Shanghai 2009 Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Report has been published by local Shanghai government in 2010. Yearly average income by employees in Shanghai is 42789RMB (about $6386), and monthly 3566RMB (about $532).
Compared to year 2008, average pay rise is about 8.3%. Read More…
Sudden Closure of Shanghai Kai En English Training Center Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
If you are looking for an opporunity to work as an English trainer in Shanghai, you might need to be more cautious.
The news said Kai En English Training Center, which has been teaching English in Shanghai for more than 13 years, was closed suddently yesterday (15 Dec), leaving the English learners and teachers stranded. Read More…