Wage income maintains steady growth (Rui Finance)
What is the salary level in various industries?
Which industries have the fastest wage growth?
On May 20, the National Bureau of Statistics announced the average annual wages of employees in urban non-private units, urban private units and enterprises above designated size in 2021.
The data shows that in 2021, the average salary of employed persons in urban units will increase steadily.
Among them, the average wages of the contact service industry resumed growth, and the average wages of key industries in the information and financial industry, mining and manufacturing sectors maintained a growth trend.
Average wages continue to rise steadily
What is the overall trend of wages in 2021?
Wang Pingping, director of the Department of Population and Employment Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, said: "The average wage of employees in urban units continues to increase steadily." The average annual wage of employees in enterprises above designated size nationwide is 88,115 yuan, a nominal increase of 10.3% over the previous year; The average annual wage of employees in units is 106,837 yuan, a real increase of 8.6% over the previous year after deducting price factors; the average annual wage of employees in urban private units nationwide is 62,884 yuan, deducting price factors, an actual increase of 7.8% over the previous year.
Which industries have higher wages?
Among the urban private units, the highest average annual salary is 114,618 yuan for information transmission, software and information technology service industries, 95,416 yuan for financial industry, and 77,708 yuan for scientific research and technical service industries, which are 1.82 times, 1.52 times and 1.52 times the national average respectively. 1.24 times.
Among the urban non-private units, the highest average annual salary is 201,506 yuan for information transmission, software and information technology services, 151,776 yuan for scientific research and technical services, and 150,843 yuan for finance, which are 1.89 times and 1.42 times the national average respectively. and 1.41 times.
In terms of sub-regions, among the urban private units, the average annual wages of employees in the eastern, western, central and northeastern regions from high to low are 69,706 yuan, 54,278 yuan, 52,698 yuan and 48,106 yuan respectively, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. , 7.5%, 7.9% and 9.5%.
Among the urban non-private units, the eastern region has the highest average annual salary and growth rate, with an average annual salary of 124,019 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%; the central region’s average annual salary is 85,533 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%; the western region’s average annual salary of 94,964 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%; the average annual salary in Northeast China is 83,575 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%.
Industry development drives wages up
Changes in the average annual wages of employed persons are closely related to the development of the industry.
"With the development of informatization, the salary level and growth rate of the information transmission, software and information technology service industries have been at a relatively high level in recent years, coupled with the need for epidemic prevention and control, the strong demand for online consumption has driven the average salary of the Internet and related service industries. According to Wang Pingping, in 2021, the average wages of urban non-private and urban private employees in the information transmission, software and information technology service industries will increase by 13.5% and 13.2% respectively.
Average wages in the financial industry also maintained rapid growth.
In 2021, the financial industry will improve, the performance of financial institutions will pick up, the salary of some securities companies and investment companies will increase, and the capital market service industry will increase capital significantly. Among urban non-private units, the average salary of the capital market service industry will increase by 21.2%.
In 2021, the average wages of employees in urban non-private and urban private units in the financial industry will increase by 13.1% and 15.1%, respectively.
In 2021, the price of coal and other energy sources will continue to rise, and various policies and measures to ensure supply and stabilize prices and help enterprises to bail out have been introduced intensively, driving the average wages of key industries in the mining and manufacturing fields to continue to grow.
In 2021, the average wages of employees in the mining industry will grow rapidly, and the average wages of employees in urban non-private and urban private units will increase by 12.2% and 14.8% respectively. Among urban non-private units, ferrous metal mining and dressing, coal mining and washing The average salary of selected occupations increased by 17.4% and 14.5% respectively.
The production of manufacturing enterprises has gradually resumed, and the efficiency has continued to improve. The average wage of employees has maintained steady growth, and the average wage of urban non-private and urban private units has increased by 11.7% and 10.4% respectively.
Among the urban non-private units, the average wage growth rate of the cultural, educational, artistic, sports and recreational products manufacturing industry, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry, chemical raw material and chemical product manufacturing industry is relatively high, which is 2 higher than the average wage growth rate of all manufacturing industries. percentage or more.
Average wage in contact service industry resumes growth
Compared with other industries, labor-intensive service industries such as accommodation and catering, residential service repair and other service industries have lower average wages and lower growth rates.
With the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in 2020, the contact service industry has become the most affected industry. Among them, the average salary of employees in the accommodation and catering industry has experienced negative growth.
"With the effective prevention and control of the epidemic, contact service industries such as accommodation and catering will continue to recover in 2021." Wang Pingping said, affected by the low average wage base in 2020, in 2021, accommodation and catering, leasing and business services The growth rate of average wages in contact service industries such as , residential service repair and other service industries has increased significantly. In urban non-private and urban private units, the average wages of employees in the accommodation and catering industries increased by 9.8% and 10.8% respectively. The leasing and business service industries The average wages of employed persons increased by 10.3% and 10.9% respectively, and the average wages of those employed in residential service repair and other service industries increased by 7.4% and 6% respectively.
In 2021, the average annual wage growth in the education industry will slow down, and the average annual wage growth in the water conservancy, environment and public facility management industries will be lower.
Wang Pingping analyzed that with the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control, most industries will resume development in 2021, but the income of tourism and scenic spots will recover slowly, and public welfare jobs such as environmental protection and forest protection with low wages in some areas will increase more, which will reduce the number of public welfare jobs. The rate of wage growth in water conservancy, environment and public utilities management industries.
In 2021, the average wage of employees in urban non-private units in this industry will increase by 3%, and the growth rate will be 1.5 percentage points lower than that in 2020; although the average wage growth rate of urban private units has changed from negative to positive, it will only increase by 0.2%, which is lower than the level in 2019. .
Liao Ruiling
Liao Ruiling