Workers in Beijing's property sector enjoyed an average pay rise
of 11.9 percent last year, the highest in China, beating their
peers in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, says an industry
report.
Property salespersons, interior decoration designers and
marketing staff in the real estate sector were the highest paid.
The average annual income of a design manager was 200,000 yuan
(US$25,641), said the 2006 China Salary Report by TaiHe Consulting,
a market survey company.
The survey covered more than 100 industries ,including property,
finance, pharmaceuticals, the technology and service sectors, and
collected 130,000 responses.
The report said the salaries of people with Beijing's high-tech
industry also show strong growth.
Rank-and-file employees from Beijing's high-tech companies
earned less than those in Shanghai and Guangzhou, but executives
raked in an average annual package of 600,000 yuan, about 100,000
yuan more than their counterparts in the south.
The report attributed the disparity to the capital's abundant
education and research and development resources, including the
prestigious Peking and Tsinghua Universities and the Zhongguancun
Science and Technology Park.
It said the average Chinese pay rise was 8.1 percent last year,
but the salary level in the telecommunications sector changed
little. Executives in telecommunications companies earned half a
million yuan on average, basically the same as the previous
year.
People working in the rapidly growing consumer goods industry
tended to earn more as an increasing number of international retail
giants moved into Beijing.
Financial institutions, pharmaceutical firms and hospitals also
saw rising pay levels last year, with the annual growth rate
ranging from 5 percent to 11 percent.
(Xinhua News Agency February 9, 2007)