A recruitment firm called J.M. Gemini has published the results of a salary survey based on compensation at the firm’s client companies in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Below is a selection of salaries in the survey; all numbers refer to monthly salaries in yuan:
Junior secretary: 2,500 – 3,500
Executive secretary / PA: 13,000 – 21,000
Accountant: 10,000 – 15,000+
Finance director: 65,000+
Quality control manager: 14,000 – 24,000
HR manager: 20,000 – 35,000+
Translator: 8,000 – 18,000+
News editor: 5,000 – 8,500
Web editor: 6,000 – 19,000+
IT Progammer: 5,000 – 9,000
CEO advertising agency: 70,000 – 100,000
Regional sales manager: 26,000 – 36,000+
Mechanical engineer: 10,000 – 16,000
Senior architect: 25,000 – 45,000
You can get the whole survey in a PDF on Gemini’s website.
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