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Beijing

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Explore how minimum wage compares to Big Mac prices in Beijing, and how many burgers you can earn with 1 hour of work.

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥14.65
/ hour
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
Burgers per hour
0.57
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
1h 44m

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How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥14.65
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.57

Converted from CN¥2,540 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 2Jiangsu0.60
  2. 3Zhejiang0.60
  3. 4Beijing0.57
  4. 5Guangdong0.57
  5. 6Tianjin0.57

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 北京市人力资源和社会保障局 (Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau) · effective Sep 1, 2025

北京市人力资源和社会保障局 (Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau)

Tier 1 (一档); Beijing is a municipality with a single (uniform) minimum wage standard, reported here as Tier 1. Effective 2025-09-01, the monthly minimum wage for full-time workers was raised from 2420 to 2540 CNY/month. The non-full-time (part-time) hourly minimum wage (非全日制从业人员小时最低工资) rose from 26.4 to 27.7 CNY/hour; the part-time statutory-holiday hourly rate is 65.1 CNY/hour. The full-time hourly equivalent is 14.6 CNY/hour. These standards exclude the employee's own social insurance and housing fund contributions, overtime pay, and special-condition allowances. Announced by Beijing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on 2025-07-24.

Big Mac price: The Economist (China national price) · Jan 1, 2026