More than 40 percent of employees in China were unsatisfied with
their salaries in 2007 amid rising costs of living, said a latest
online survey.
Covering more than 8,000 people of various professions
nationwide, the survey was conducted earlier this month by
www.zhaopin.com, one of China's leading job-hunting websites.
When the respondents were asked to rate their degrees of
satisfaction on salary, 21.5 percent ticked 70-100 points
representing "very satisfied and satisfied," 36.4 percent chose
60-70 points indicating "an average degree," with the remaining
42.1 percent opting for 60 points below to express their strong
dissatisfaction.
Only one fifth of the employers have taken financial measures to
increase employees' income to reduce the effect of price hikes in
the past year, according to the survey.
Most respondents said they hoped their salary could be raised
this year, with 30 percent of them hoping for a 20 percent
increase, 36 percent for a 50 percent rise, and 21 percent for a
doubling of their salary.
At the same time, more than half of the people surveyed said
they were looking to change jobs.
The consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, is likely
to climb 4.7 percent in 2007, Yao Jingyuan, chief economist of the
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said in late December
2007.
(Xinhua News Agency January 12, 2008)