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Table 1 Means and standard deviations of the minimum wage using county level information: by region and by province, 2004–2009

From: Minimum wages and employment in China

Province

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

MW

S.D.

Obs.

MW

S.D.

Obs.

MW

S.D.

Obs.

MW

S.D.

Obs.

MW

S.D.

Obs.

MW

S.D.

Obs.

East

 Beijing

509.5

.0

2

562.5

.0

2

611.8

.0

2

665.4

.0

2

735.4

.0

2

820.1

.0

2

 Shanghai

590.3

.0

2

662.5

.0

2

712.1

.0

2

757.7

.0

2

894.0

.0

2

984.2

.0

2

 Liaoning

282.3

46.0

96

361.9

36.6

96

405.5

41.2

96

465.8

48.7

96

550.1

59.9

97

587.8

63.2

97

 Shandong

348.4

35.2

129

440.9

50.0

129

454.6

53.5

129

476.2

66.3

129

571.9

75.6

129

609.9

80.6

129

 Jiangsu

416.2

59.9

66

457.6

66.8

66

517.9

70.4

66

591.0

78.0

75

647.8

88.1

75

694.4

94.7

75

 Guangdong

361.2

59.9

104

442.1

80.6

104

475.0

84.9

104

516.6

88.5

104

574.3

88.2

104

636.1

98.2

104

All East

349.1

68.5

339

426.7

72.1

399

460.6

76.0

399

507.4

86.5

408

583.6

87.6

409

629.7

95.7

409

Central

 Heilongjiang

282.0

28.1

30

287.8

28.7

30

384.0

45.7

30

418.0

53.6

30

456.0

58.6

30

486.3

62.5

30

 Anhui

304.6

11.7

86

330.7

17.1

86

350.1

19.1

86

400.7

27.1

86

420.4

29.2

86

448.3

31.2

86

 Jiangxi

246.7

6.6

99

317.7

8.9

100

328.9

9.4

100

427.5

15.2

100

460.3

21.8

100

490.9

23.3

100

 Shanxi

348.2

21.8

119

445.4

22.3

119

454.2

22.4

119

476.3

21.6

119

536.6

22.8

119

642.5

28.6

119

 Hubei

271.9

34.9

89

320.6

36.8

89

330.2

37.2

89

402.4

39.1

89

453.4

45.6

89

541.5

58.5

89

 Henan

251.5

15.5

127

278.5

17.0

127

345.0

27.9

127

371.1

25.7

127

477.2

42.5

127

509.0

45.3

127

All Central

284.8

43.6

550

337.1

63.8

551

366.2

54.7

551

416.3

46.3

551

473.1

51.7

551

529.1

77.0

551

West

 Gansu

298.2

8.5

87

304.4

8.7

87

322.1

16.3

87

344.6

35.1

87

471.6

36.3

87

549.4

39.2

87

 Chongqing

334.7

21.7

42

365.7

24.6

42

409.0

30.1

42

477.8

39.8

42

554.8

44.5

42

591.7

47.4

42

 Sichuan

295.4

32.1

50

352.2

41.9

50

392.2

43.8

50

425.0

42.3

181

477.9

53.0

181

509.7

56.5

181

 Yunnan

297.5

18.0

138

365.2

23.4

138

403.6

23.4

138

427.0

22.8

138

527.2

31.5

138

562.3

33.6

138

All West

302.3

23.3

317

346.5

36.1

317

380.1

45.0

317

414.9

51.8

448

499.1

52.3

448

541.3

54.1

448

All Provinces

309.5

56.7

1266

367.7

73.1

1267

399.4

73.3

1267

442.3

74.8

1407

513.5

79.2

1408

562.2

88.3

1408

  1. MW represents the mean of time-weighted monthly minimum wages calculated using all counties in a jurisdiction, and it has been adjusted for inflation and converted into 2005 RMB