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Guangdong

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

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥14.54
/ 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 45m

Guangdong vs the world

How Guangdong compares with other countries and regions.

How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥14.54
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.57

Converted from CN¥2,520 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 3Zhejiang0.60
  2. 4Beijing0.57
  3. 5Guangdong0.57
  4. 6Tianjin0.57
  5. 7Shandong0.54

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 广东省人民政府门户网站 (Guangdong Provincial Government) — 粤府函〔2025〕23号 · effective Mar 1, 2025

广东省人民政府门户网站 (Guangdong Provincial Government) — 粤府函〔2025〕23号

Tier 1 (一类/一档); Guangdong uses 4 classes. Per 粤府函〔2025〕23号 (effective 2025-03-01), Class 1 (一类标准, highest tier) applies to Guangzhou and Shenzhen: Guangzhou 2500 CNY/month, Shenzhen 2520 CNY/month. The reported 2520 is the highest Tier-1 monthly amount (Shenzhen); Guangzhou is 2500. Tier-1 part-time hourly minimum is 23.7 CNY/hour for both. Other tiers: Class 2 (珠海/佛山/东莞/中山) 2080元, 19.8元/h; Class 3 (汕头/惠州/江门/湛江/肇庆) 1850元, 18.3元/h; Class 4 (韶关/河源/梅州 etc.) 1750元, 17.4元/h. This replaced the prior standard in effect since 2021-12-01 (Guangzhou 2300 / Shenzhen 2360). Confirmed across Guangdong provincial gov, 广东省人社厅 (粤人社函〔2025〕29号), 广州市人社局, and MOHRSS national data.

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