Lhasa 210,000 vs. Hebei 30,000! Food Industry Salary Ranking: Where Did the Dignity of the 42nd Place Go?

Published Jun 17, 2025

Tridge summary

When debugging the 11th recipe in the laboratory

Just to restore the wheat fragrance of childhood bread

The intern at the neighboring financial company buys the latest headphones with half a month of your salary

This is not a fictional script

But the real account book of Chinese food industry workers in 2023!

We guard the stomachs of 1.4 billion people

Yet often struggle on our own "subsistence line"

In the past year

Provinces and cities across the mainland have successively released 2024 enterprise salary survey information

(Covering January-December 2023)

Revealing the shocking income disparities and regional gaps for food industry workers

The dignity of food industry workers is being slowly sliced by price tags!

Note:

1. Percentile value refers to sorting data from low to high, representing the position at a corresponding percentage in the sequence. It indicates the proportion of data lower than or equal to that value.

For example, a 75% percentile of 56,000 means 75% of people earn ≤ 56,000.

2. The following statements only refer to the 75% percentile

01

Conscience industry, unethical income

We often say the food industry is a "conscience industry"

But the industry workers' income brings tears

From nationwide average data

In 2023, food and beverage production workers' annual income was 73,900 yuan

Slightly decreased from 2022

Growth rate -1.34%

The first downward line

Piercing not just statistical reports, but industry confidence!

Among 61 mid-level occupational wage rankings

Financial service workers earn 181,500 yuan annually, ranking first

While food and beverage production workers earn only 73,900 yuan

Ranking 42nd

Table 2: 2023 Annual Salary Ranking for Mid-level Occupations

02

Shocking regional disparities

From the roof of the world to the North China Plain

From regional data

Tibet raises wages due to plateau subsidies

Hebei becomes the national low point (75% of positions earn < 40,000)

When the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone (Shanghai Qingpu, Jiangsu Wujiang, Z

Original content

When you're debugging the 11th recipe in the laboratory Just to restore the wheat fragrance of childhood bread The intern at the neighboring financial company is buying the latest headphones with half a month of your salary This is not a fictional script But the real account book of China's food professionals in 2023! We guard the stomachs of 1.4 billion people Yet often struggle on our own "subsistence line" In the past year Mainland provinces and cities have successively released 2024 enterprise salary survey information (Covering January-December 2023) Revealing the shocking income disparities and regional gaps for food professionals The dignity of food professionals is being slowly carved up by price tags! Note: 1. Percentile value refers to sorting data from low to high, representing the position at a corresponding percentage in the series. It indicates the proportion of data lower than or equal to that value. For example, a 75% percentile of 56,000 means 75% of people earn ...
Source: Foodmate

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