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Salary grows 10 percent last year for city staff
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.{%z5^~C#\QOs1i;k8p
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Civil 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._PSEV |a:ND
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The before-tax income consists of salary, bonuses and subsidies, the report said.kD8kR)Uw4D~
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The 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.Q3J)J3i,F0H(}U
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The 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.