Salary grows 10 percent last year for city staff

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SHANGHAI employees earned 29,569 yuan (US$3,820) on average last year, growing 10.2 percent from a year earlier, Oriental Morning Post reported today, citing the local statistics bureau.

0 D7 b& x0 F0 H# g. k! T% g9 i# xCivil servants, employees of government institutes and company workers were all covered in the report, said Ye Weihong, an official of the Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau.

3 c! b. ]& f  Z! ^/ vThe before-tax income consists of salary, bonuses and subsidies, the report said.

% c" k8 j: V6 s/ a( fThe city is expected to raise the subsidy for elders and women as well as social security fund standard because these standards are based on the city's average salary.

* J( b6 @. E8 KThe city's average salary has kept a growth of 10 percent in recent years, with yearly income reaching 26,820 yuan in 2005 and 24,396 yuan in 2004, the report said.