This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for workers in Zhengzhou, China. The update for 2025 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in August 2015 (Xu, Li, Xiong & Zhan, 2015). The update also reflects revised expectations for the normative standards of a basic but decent living for the reference family, driven by a decade of rapid economic growth and a near doubling of average household consumption per capita.

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and the living wage for workers in Chengdu, China. The update for 2025 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in August 2015 (Chuanbo & Xingyue, 2015). The update also reflects changes in expectations regarding the normative standards for a basic but decent living for a typical family, driven by a decade of rapid economic growth and a near doubling of average household consumption per capita.

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for workers in Suzhou, China. The update for 2025 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in August 2015 (Yuan, et al., 2015). The update also reflects revised expectations for the normative standards of a basic but decent living for a typical family, driven by a decade of rapid economic growth and a near doubling of average household consumption per capita.

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wage for workers in Shanghai, China. The update for 2025 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in August 2015 (Yuan, Ke, Jing & Feng, 2015). The update also reflects revised expectations for the normative standards of a basic but decent living for a typical family, driven by a decade of rapid economic growth and a near doubling of average household consumption per capita.

This report provides estimates of family living expenses and the living wage for workers in Hangzhou, China. This is based on our estimate of living costs for a typical-size reference family for the study location, consisting of 2 adults and 1.5 children, with 1.74 full-time equivalent adult workers contributing to family income.

This report provides estimates of family living expenses and the living wage for workers in Shenzhen, P. R. China. This is based on our estimate of living costs for a typical-size reference family for the study location, consisting of 2 adults and 1.5 children, with 1.74 full-time equivalent adult workers contributing to family income

This report provides estimates of family living expenses and the living wage for workers in Ningbo, P. R. China. This is based on our estimate of living costs for a typical-size reference family for the study location, consisting of 2 adults and 1.5 children, with 1.74 full-time equivalent adult workers contributing to family income.

This report provides estimates of family living expenses and the living wage for workers in Dongguan, P. R. China. This is based on our estimate of living costs for a typical-size reference family for the study location, consisting of 2 adults and 1.5 children, with 1.74 full-time equivalent adult workers contributing to family income.