The reference standard for the wage of employees in the Yangtze River Delta is coming!
On December 20, 2022, the human resources and social security departments of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang jointly released the “Market Wage Level of Manufacturing Enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone in 2022”. According to the classification of occupational categories in the occupational classification code of the “Occupational Classification Ceremony” (2015 Edition), this document analyzes the wage data of 326 manufacturing enterprises with 98800 employees in Qingpu district of Shanghai, Wujiang district of Jiangsu, and Jiashan City of Zhejiang in 2021. This amount of the wage is the total income of employees obtained in 2021, including basic wages, bonuses, allowances, subsidies, overtime wages, etc. The details are as follows:
| Occupational categories | High level | Middle level | Low level |
| Production and operation dept. manager | 519329 | 135099 | 58823 |
| Finance dept. manager | 792513 | 200200 | 67890 |
| Administrative dept. manager | 487926 | 121435 | 53581 |
| HR dept. manager | 645833 | 163532 | 61756 |
| Sales and Marketing dept. manager | 1030331 | 228248 | 76368 |
| Purchasing dept. manager | 891717 | 186000 | 63445 |
| R&D dept. manager | 652453 | 261459 | 109134 |
| Chemical engineering technicians | 223502 | 103122 | 50828 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 285794 | 128004 | 72747 |
| Electronic engineering technicians | 259002 | 114743 | 55204 |
| Information and communication engineering technicians | 205596 | 97020 | 71937 |
| Electrical engineering technicians | 322345 | 164719 | 106884 |
| Water conservancy engineering technicians | 246815 | 101000 | 58627 |
| Textile and garment engineering and technical personnel | 95567 | 73188 | 52239 |
| Safety engineering technicians | 260094 | 226532 | 222029 |
| Standardized, metrological, quality and certified engineering technicians | 198002 | 87509 | 64632 |
| Management (industrial) engineering and technical personnel | 217335 | 123077 | 86123 |
| Inspection and quarantine engineering and technical personnel | 207619 | 96171 | 54477 |
| Pharmaceutical engineering technicians | 349451 | 121244 | 60582 |
| Industrial (product) design engineering technicians | 292825 | 116745 | 53444 |
| Light industrial engineering technicians | 193388 | 137502 | 95695 |
| Accounting professionals | 269472 | 89913 | 47210 |
| Business professionals | 338208 | 118430 | 62251 |
| Human resources professionals | 227456 | 89216 | 43116 |
| Administrative business handling personnel | 235949 | 82418 | 50272 |
| Administrative transaction staff | 180603 | 77708 | 54810 |
| Security administrator | 114547 | 75358 | 36042 |
| Buyer | 345781 | 92952 | 53049 |
| Salesman | 376077 | 90441 | 52348 |
| Handling and transportation agent service personnel | 106778 | 71381 | 49237 |
| Warehousing personnel | 207189 | 84554 | 51933 |
| Software and information technology service personnel | 246020 | 138814 | 74982 |
| Security protection service personnel | 92731 | 74635 | 58384 |
| Inspection, testing and measurement service personnel | 129123 | 93323 | 66346 |
| Professional design service personnel | 253628 | 109479 | 83247 |
| Environmental health service personnel | 124932 | 91850 | 68602 |
| Baked food manufacturing personnel | 171248 | 125750 | 83978 |
| Weaving personnel | 83325 | 64477 | 47640 |
| Printing and dyeing personnel | 83634 | 60356 | 41682 |
| Textile and clothing cutting and sewing personnel | 87990 | 63871 | 49783 |
| Wood products manufacturing personnel | 93399 | 70853 | 49390 |
| Furniture maker | 89290 | 80800 | 69591 |
| Printer | 142061 | 81830 | 42192 |
| Synthetic resin producer | 128124 | 63519 | 54062 |
| Chinese medicine processing worker | 125025 | 86028 | 62149 |
| Pharmaceutical preparation worker | 138059 | 92566 | 59897 |
| Biopharmaceutical manufacturing personnel | 151511 | 98473 | 60287 |
| Chemical fiber raw material manufacturing personnel | 75054 | 66075 | 53974 |
| Chemical fiber spinning and post-processing personnel | 95182 | 67317 | 62526 |
| Rubber product production personnel | 136557 | 92153 | 74724 |
| Plastic product molding worker | 143526 | 89996 | 49413 |
| Cement concrete product worker | 100559 | 82399 | 51559 |
| Metal rolling personnel | 126345 | 91705 | 72466 |
| Mechanical cold processing personnel | 130692 | 107860 | 89211 |
| Mechanical hot working personnel | 135950 | 90346 | 68210 |
| Mechanical surface treatment and processing personnel | 145572 | 99084 | 59388 |
| Tooling manufacturing and processing personnel | 126706 | 80870 | 60784 |
| General basic parts assembly and manufacturing personnel | 137263 | 84448 | 64716 |
| Boiler and primary equipment manufacturing personnel | 150566 | 120429 | 80608 |
| Elevator assembly and commissioning worker | 162471 | 88980 | 59513 |
| Special electronic equipment assembly and commissioning personnel | 203313 | 99186 | 72426 |
| Production personnel of medical device products and rehabilitation aids | 145752 | 70117 | 49560 |
| Production and processing personnel of auto parts and accessories | 133526 | 85202 | 52985 |
| Motor manufacturer | 81048 | 52188 | 41082 |
| Wire and cable, optical fiber and cable and electrical equipment manufacturing personnel | 114996 | 82467 | 37647 |
| Electronic component manufacturing personnel | 92836 | 66546 | 52158 |
| Electronics manufacturing personnel | 97623 | 58765 | 44867 |
| Electronic equipment assembly and commissioning personnel | 103585 | 82402 | 64800 |
| Water production, transportation and drainage and water treatment personnel | 129621 | 114874 | 96620 |
| Special vehicle operators | 143673 | 87088 | 62991 |
| Mechanical equipment repair personnel | 131995 | 84824 | 55402 |
| Mechanical equipment repair personnel | 147734 | 92955 | 68287 |
| Inspection and test personnel | 137291 | 75367 | 57335 |
| Packaging personnel | 117686 | 72394 | 44891 |