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Shanxi

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

Minimum wage (gross)
CN¥12.40
/ hour
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
Burgers per hour
0.49
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
2h 3m

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How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
CN¥12.40
÷
Big Mac price
CN¥25.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.49

Converted from CN¥2,150 / month at 40 h/week

Big Mac price uses the national average.

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 26Gansu0.50
  2. 27Yunnan0.49
  3. 28Shanxi0.49
  4. 29Guizhou0.48
  5. 30Qinghai0.47

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: 山西省人民政府办公厅关于调整我省最低工资标准的通知 (晋政办发〔2024〕58号) · effective Jan 1, 2025

山西省人民政府办公厅关于调整我省最低工资标准的通知 (晋政办发〔2024〕58号)

Tier 1 (一类/一档); Per the Shanxi Provincial People's Government General Office notice (晋政办发〔2024〕58号), issued 2024-12-25 and effective 2025-01-01, the full-time monthly minimum wage was adjusted to three tiers: Tier 1 (一类) 2150 CNY, Tier 2 (二类) 2050 CNY, Tier 3 (三类) 1950 CNY. Shanxi reduced its tiers from 4 to 3 in this revision. Full-time hourly minimum: Tier 1 12.4, Tier 2 11.8, Tier 3 11.2 CNY. Non-full-time (part-time) hourly minimum (小时最低工资): Tier 1 23.2, Tier 2 22.1, Tier 3 20.9 CNY — the hourly_min_cny field reports the Tier 1 part-time rate of 23.2 CNY. Confirmed via MOHRSS-affiliated 中国就业网 (chinajob.mohrss.gov.cn) and multiple municipal government republications (Lvliang, Gaoping, Jinzhong HRSS).

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