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Hunan

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

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥12.69
/ hour
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
Burgers per hour
0.50
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
2h 0m

Hunan vs the world

How Hunan compares with other countries and regions.

How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥12.69
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.50

Converted from CN¥2,200 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 22Liaoning0.50
  2. 23Jilin0.50
  3. 24Hunan0.50
  4. 25Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region0.50
  5. 26Gansu0.50

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 湖南省人力资源和社会保障厅 / 湖南省人民政府门户网站 · effective Sep 1, 2025

湖南省人力资源和社会保障厅 / 湖南省人民政府门户网站

Tier 1 (一档); Per 《关于调整2025年最低工资标准的通知》, Hunan raised minimum wages effective 2025-09-01. Three tiers monthly (full-time): Tier 1 = 2200, Tier 2 = 2000, Tier 3 = 1800 CNY/month. Hourly (part-time/非全日制): Tier 1 = 22, Tier 2 = 20, Tier 3 = 18 CNY/hour. Each tier rose 100 CNY/month and 1 CNY/hour vs the prior 2024 standard (Tier 1 was 2100/month, 21/hour, effective 2024-09-01). Tier 1 applies to major cities such as Changsha urban districts. Minimum wage includes the employee's social insurance contributions. Also reported by 湖南省人民政府门户网站 (http://www.hunan.gov.cn/hnszf/hnyw/sy/hnyw1/202508/t20250802_33756845.html).

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