Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report and 2025 Update for Zhengzhou, China

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.