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Qinghai

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Global rank #30 of 31

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

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥12.00
/ hour
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
Burgers per hour
0.47
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
2h 7m

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How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥12.00
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.47

Converted from CN¥2,080 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 28Shanxi0.49
  2. 29Guizhou0.48
  3. 30Qinghai0.47
  4. 31Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region0.47

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 青海省人民政府 (Qinghai Provincial People's Government) — 关于调整全省最低工资标准的通知 (青政〔2025〕11号) · effective May 1, 2025

青海省人民政府 (Qinghai Provincial People's Government) — 关于调整全省最低工资标准的通知 (青政〔2025〕11号)

Tier 1 (一档) — Qinghai uses a single province-wide unified standard (no tiers); Qinghai sets a SINGLE province-wide minimum wage with no tier (档) divisions, unlike multi-tier provinces. The current standard, per State Council notice 青政〔2025〕11号, is a monthly minimum of 2080 CNY (full-time workers) and an hourly part-time minimum of 20 CNY, effective 2025-05-01. This replaced the prior 1880 CNY/month and 18 CNY/hour (青政〔2023〕8号), a 10.6% increase. Confirmed by Qinghai Provincial Government website and corroborated by Sina Finance (https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2025-04-17/doc-inetmcym4003874.shtml). Original full notice text: http://www.qinghai.gov.cn/xxgk/xxgk/fd/lzyj/gfxwj/szf/202504/t20250416_245667.html

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