$18.58 USD per hour
CNY 2,740 CNY per month
Shanghai raised its monthly minimum wage from CNY 2,690 to CNY 2,740 from 1 July 2025.
Source
- Figure
- CNY 2,740 CNY per month
- Scope
- Shanghai · from 1 July 2025
- Type of figure
- official rate
- Source
- Primary Government notice
- Publisher
- Shanghai Municipal People’s Government
- Title
- 上海市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整本市最低工资标准的通知
- Published
- Accessed
- Last verified
- URL
- https://www.shanghai.gov.cn/gwk/search/content/t0035_1434097
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine (20260924124712)
- Link check
- Resolves (HTTP 200), Oct 25, 2026
“…月最低工资标准从2690元调整到2740元…”
Caveats
- None noted.
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Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Shanghai raised its monthly minimum wage from CNY 2,690 to CNY 2,740 from 1 July 2025 [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/shanghai-minimum-wage-2025/Chicago
Whirrwork. “Shanghai raised its monthly minimum wage from CNY 2,690 to CNY 2,740 from 1 July 2025.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/shanghai-minimum-wage-2025/.MLA
“Shanghai raised its monthly minimum wage from CNY 2,690 to CNY 2,740 from 1 July 2025.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/shanghai-minimum-wage-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.BibTeX
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title = {{Shanghai raised its monthly minimum wage from CNY 2,690 to CNY 2,740 from 1 July 2025}},
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year = {2026},
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note = {Original source: Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, 上海市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整本市最低工资标准的通知 (2025-07-11). Licensed CC BY 4.0}
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Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. (2025, July 11). 上海市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整本市最低工资标准的通知. https://www.shanghai.gov.cn/gwk/search/content/t0035_1434097For third-party figures, please credit the original source as well as (or instead of) Whirrwork.
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