Hire and pay employees in China, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in China. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries. The average onboarding time frame in the China is 7 days with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in China with Deel

Usually, to hire in China, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Now you can hire employees in China quickly, easily, and compliantly. Automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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Currency
 Chinese Yuan (CNY) & Renminbi (RMB)
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Capital Beijing
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Official language Chinese
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Payroll cycle Monthly

All the necessary benefits for China built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in China within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard in a single HR platform.

  • Housing Fund
  • Assurance maladie publique
  • Retirement Pension
  • Sécurité sociale
  • Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)
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Our quickstart guide to hiring in
China

Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in China

Exigences relatives au salaire minimum

In China, minimum wage will vary among the 31 provinces. Shanghai has the highest minimum wage of RMB 2.590 per month.

Some of the minimum wages are: 

  • Beijing RMB 2,320
  • Guangdong
    • Guangzhou RMB 2,300
    • Shenzhen RMB 2,360
  • Shanghai RMB 2,590
Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers

The individual income tax in China ranges from 3% to 45%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates, where the tax rate increases as the gross annual income increases.

Revenu annuel brut Taux d’imposition (%)
Less than 36,000 3%
36,000.01 - 144,000 10%
144,000.01 - 300,000 20%
300,000.01 - 420,000 25%
420,000.01 - 660,000 30%
660,000.01 - 960,000 35%
Above 960,000 45 %
Coût de la paie

The employer cost varies by provinces and is generally estimated at 34.15%-45.50% of the employee’s salary. Employer costs have limits, so percentages may vary.

One-off cost: Mandatory Wet Ink Employment Agreement Handling Fee: USD 80

  • Shanghai: 34.32% of the employee's salary
  • Beijing: 40.20% of the employee's salary
  • Guangdong (Shenzhen): 35.08% of the employee's salary
  • Sichuan (Chengdu): 38.70% of the employee's salary
  • Zhejiang (Hangzhou): 37.90% of the employee's salary
  • Jiangsu (Nanjing): 39.10% of the employee's salary
  • Anhui (Hefei): 36.80% of the employee's salary
  • Hubei (Wuhan): 39.10% of the employee's salary
  • Guangdong (Guangzhou) - 34.15%
  • Tianjin - 41%
  • Chongqing - 39%
  • Hunan - 39.30%
  • Shaanxi - 38.40%

Employer costs:

  • Pension Fund - 16%
  • Health Insurance - 6.40-10%
  • Unemployment Fund - 0.50%
  • Work Injury Fund 0.20 -0.40%
  • Maternity Leave - 1%
  • Housing Fund - 7%
  • Disability Fund - 0.50-1.60%

Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.

Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday. However, the work week can be extended to 6 days, and 44 hours per week.

Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 3 hours of overtime a day. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • 150% of the hourly rate, during workdays.
  • 200% of the hourly rate, on weekends.
  • 300% of the hourly rate, on holidays.

Employees can work up to 36 hours of overtime per month.

Hiring in China, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in China with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in China and 150+ countries.

Management fee
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À partir de

$599
/mois
Estimated Employer Cost
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34-45.5%

of employee salary