Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released the average wage data of employees in urban units in 2018: the average annual wage of employees in enterprises above designated size in 2018 was 68380 yuan, an increase of 11.0% over the previous year.

Among them, the average annual salary of employees in urban non-private units was 82461 yuan, an increase of 11.0% over the previous year; the average annual salary of employees in urban private units was 49575 yuan, an increase of 8.3% over the previous year.

Three industries achieve monthly salary over 10,000

For most wage earners, achieving "more than 10,000 monthly salary" means stepping up to the middle and high income group. In 2018, which industries achieved "monthly salary over 10,000"?

Among the non-private units, the average annual wage of three industries exceeds 120,000 yuan, which are software and information technology services, finance, scientific research, and technology services.

Among them, the annual salary of the software and information technology service industry exceeds 140,000 yuan. Compared with the data in 2017, employees in the scientific research and technical service industries appear in the queue of "monthly salary over 10,000".

The average wage in the mining industry is rising fast

In addition to the absolute level of wages, it also depends on the growth trend of wages. So, which industries are rising wages fast?

From the perspective of growth rate, among the urban non-private units, the three industries with the highest average annual wage growth rate are mining, scientific research and technical services, and wholesale and retail, with growth rates of 17.2%, 14.4%, and 13.1, respectively. %.

Reasons for the growth of the mining industry

Why is the wage growth rate high in the mining industry? Because the mining industry is one of the industries with large profitability and transformation in recent years.

Since May 2012 to 2015, the national coal market has fluctuated downward for three consecutive years, the loss face of coal companies has gradually expanded, and the operating situation has become more severe. According to the relevant data surveyed by the China Coal Industry Association earlier, among the 21 provinces and regions, except for Fujian Province, coal companies in the remaining 20 provinces and regions have generally lowered the wages of employees, and some have fallen by more than 30%.

With the deepening of the supply-side structural reforms, the reduction of production capacity in the steel and coal industries, the transformation and upgrading of high-energy-consuming and high-pollution industries have accelerated, and the corporate benefits have been greatly improved.

The data shows that in 2018, among the industrial enterprises above designated size, the average wages of employees in coal mining and washing industry increased by 15.8% on the basis of a 16.3% increase in the previous year.