China's urban employees see steady average salary growth in 2022

BEIJING - The average salary of China's urban employees saw steady growth in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

The average salary in the non-private sector reached 114,029 yuan ($16,465), an increase of 7,192 yuan from 2021, or 6.7 percent year-on-year.

The real growth of the average salary for urban employees in the non-private sector, adjusted for inflation, rose by 4.6 percent year-on-year.

In the private sector, the annual average salary stood at 65,237 yuan, up 1.7 percent year-on-year after price factors were deducted, the data showed.