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Jiangsu

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

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥15.35
/ hour
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
Burgers per hour
0.60
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
1h 39m

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How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥15.35
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.60

Converted from CN¥2,660 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 1Shanghai0.62
  2. 2Jiangsu0.60
  3. 3Zhejiang0.60
  4. 4Beijing0.57

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 新华网 (Xinhua) / 江苏省人力资源和社会保障厅 · effective Jan 1, 2026

新华网 (Xinhua) / 江苏省人力资源和社会保障厅

Tier 1 (一类地区/一档); Effective 2026-01-01, announced by the Jiangsu Provincial Human Resources & Social Security Bureau (江苏省人力资源和社会保障厅) on 2025-12-29 with State Council/provincial-government approval. Jiangsu uses three tiers. Full-time monthly minimum wage: Tier 1 (一类地区) 2660 CNY, Tier 2 2430 CNY, Tier 3 2180 CNY. Part-time hourly minimum: Tier 1 25 CNY, Tier 2 23 CNY, Tier 3 21 CNY. This replaced the prior 2024-01-01 rates (Tier 1: 2490 monthly / 24 hourly). Tier 1 covers major cities incl. Nanjing urban districts, Suzhou (urban + Zhangjiagang/Kunshan/Taicang/Changshu), Wuxi, Changzhou, etc. Corroborated by 央广网 (https://www.cnr.cn/xzpd/20251229/t20251229_527476133.shtml) and 中共江苏省委新闻网 (https://www.zgjssw.gov.cn/yaowen/202512/t20251230_8549080.shtml). Items excluded from the minimum wage base: overtime pay, special-condition allowances (night/high-temp/underground/toxic), employee's housing-fund contribution at the lower limit, and statutory welfare benefits.

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