Rank Region Average wage (Rural) Average wage (Urban)
(RMB) (RMB)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Shanghai
Beijing
Chinese Average
Inner Mongolia
Chongqing
Guangxi
Ningxia
Xinjiang
Shanxi
Qinghai
Tibet
23,205
21,125
20,569
18,482
16,257
13,793
13,360
12,930
12,057
11,844
11,422
11,139
11,095
11,051
10,993
10,858
10,853
10,821
10,776
10,505
10,247
9,467
9,454
9,119
8,850
8,689
8,242
7,933
7,387
6,936
10,780
7,359
52962
52859
43714
37173
34757
34101
33275
31545
31195
31126
30594
28838
27239
27051
26936
26500
26420
26416
26373
26356
26205
26152
25828
25576
25186
24692
24580
24542
24203
23767
23218
22026
Average Wages in China
One of the main reasons for teachers moving to China has been the increase in wages combined with the low cost of living resulting in higher standards of living. However when considering your wage you should also compare yourself with the average wage of local people as the different provinces have vastly different wages. As well as the different provinces there is also a big gap between pay in cities and the countryside. A yearly salary of 120k rmb goes a lot further in the countryside of Gansu than it does living in Shanghai. The data is from 2015, with Jilin and Tibet being from 2014.