CHINA

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for workers in Zhengzhou, China. The update for 2023 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).

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for Zhengzhou, China. The update for 2022 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).

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages with a focus on manufacturing industry parks for Zhengzhou, China for August 2021 taking 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).

This report updates the living wage and living expenses for Zhengzhou, China, with a focus on manufacturing industry parks. The net living wage and living expenses are updated to the study month of the most recent calendar year – August 2019 – to take into account the amount of inflation since the original August 2015 living wage study. Without accounting for inflation, the net living wage estimated in 2015 would not be sufficient for workers to have a basic but decent standard of living in 2019 because the purchasing power of the living wage would have decreased compared to what it was in 2015. Similarly, living expenses for a reference family are also updated to August 2019 to account for inflation. The gross living wage is updated to August 2019 by taking into consideration in addition income taxes and mandatory deductions from pay that workers would need to pay on the updated 2019 living wage. This is done using August 2019 laws