In 2021, many provinces in our country have successively raised their minimum wage standards. Among them, Shanghai adjusted the minimum wage to 2,590 yuan on July 1, 2021.

One month's salary standard, if it is 2,590 yuan, what is the income level in your local area? Is it low-income or middle-income? In 2021, many provinces in our country have successively raised their minimum wage standards. Among them, Shanghai adjusted the minimum wage to 2,590 yuan on July 1, 2021. It is also the region with the highest minimum wage standard in our country, and the minimum wage standard in most areas is actually only more than 1,000 yuan. Although more than 1,000 and more than 2,000 yuan are considered relatively low incomes in the eyes of young people, in the eyes of our middle-aged and elderly people, Among friends, many people’s pensions only amount to so much a month.

However, since 2021, more than a dozen provinces have issued notices of minimum wage increases. The extent of the adjustment is basically an increase of two to three hundred yuan on the original basis. Raising wages is definitely a good thing for us, but adjusting the minimum wage may not necessarily be good news for everyone. We have to talk about why the minimum wage should be raised first, because no matter which region you are in, excluding the most basic high-consumption items such as buying a house and a car, basic expenses such as eating, water, electricity, and sleep are all There is a certain cost. The more developed the city, the more expensive the prices. The smaller the city, the lower the standard of living in rural areas, and the lower the expenditure. Therefore, the minimum wage standard is also set by our various regional governments as a limit for the minimum wage income of office workers.

As long as a labor contract is signed, the local salary cannot be lower than this standard line. The money provided by the minimum wage is basically enough to sustain life in the local area. But why did more than a dozen provinces successively introduce increases in the minimum wage in 2021? The key lies in prices, because the prices of water, electricity, and gas that are indispensable in our daily lives are basically constantly rising. In addition to the significant decrease in pork prices in 2021 compared with the previous two years, other vegetables, fruits, meat, and even rice, flour, and oil have increased by a certain proportion. For us ordinary people, three types of money have a great relationship with the quality of life: the minimum wage, wages and pensions. For friends who have retired and started to receive employee pensions. In the past decade or so, pensions have been guaranteed to increase year after year. No matter how much or how little they grow, they can at least offset part of the economic pressure brought about by rising prices.

However, wages and minimum wage standards do not increase every year. Especially friends who work in private companies may feel that even after two or three years of working in the company, they may not be able to get a salary increase. Even in 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, many people have had their salaries reduced. . But regardless of whether wages fall or not, prices can keep rising. Regardless of whether it is a violent rise or a moderate rise, the result is actually increasing pressure in life. Therefore, the minimum wage standard in each region must be raised every few years, ranging from two to three years to four to five years. The main reason is that for our individual private enterprises, the oppression of employees is relatively harsh. After all, the profits of small and medium-sized private enterprise owners are inversely proportional to the wages of their employees. Paying less to employees means that the bosses themselves make more money.

Setting the minimum wage standard, and raising it every few years, is also a special care for low-income earners in our country. It is to prevent some bosses from over-squeezing employees like Zhou Papi. It is also an opportunity to forcefully give those with the lowest incomes a raise in wages. So in any case, after the minimum wage standard is raised, it is a good thing for low-income friends, because whether the minimum wage standard is raised or not, prices will actually keep rising. So what kind of people are earning the minimum wage? Generally speaking, the salary income of greening and sanitation workers is close to the minimum wage. Most of the salesperson's basic salary is set at the minimum wage standard, and the rest depends on commission. Even for what we think of as flight attendants, the basic salary of some units (when there is no flight for the whole month) is set as the minimum wage. If you want to get high income, you have to rely on performance and bonuses.

The increase in the minimum wage standard will have certain benefits for employees in many units who have stopped working and stayed at home during the epidemic. After all, it is always a good thing to get an extra one or two hundred or two or three hundred a month. Many friends think that Shanghai’s minimum wage will be raised to 2,590 yuan in 2021, and they feel that Shanghainese people are really happy. The minimum wage ranks first in the country, but we must not forget that Shanghai’s consumption also ranks first in the country. This salary standard is not a pension. Rent, transportation, and even a working meal on the street. This 2,590 yuan is aimed at people who have jobs before retirement. The minimum wage standards in other provinces, cities and regions are even lower, with most of them being more than 1,000 yuan per month. It is actually unrealistic to live a well-off life with this money, so why doesn’t our country set the minimum wage standard higher? Wouldn’t everyone be well off in this way?

In fact, the minimum wage does not matter to large companies that make money. The wages offered are higher than this amount anyway. However, the level of wages is also closely related to the pressure of the company. After all, the income of some companies is not high. If the minimum wage standard is raised too high, the lives of employees can be fully guaranteed, but the boss is unwilling . Many companies are easily overwhelmed by employee wages. Then it will be easy for everyone to be unwilling to start a business or hire people, which will actually increase the pressure on us to find jobs.

Therefore, the minimum wage standard cannot be set too high, nor can it be set too low. It must be consistent with the overall local economic status and the extent of price increases. While employees' lives can be guaranteed, the pressure on the company should not be too great. If employees want to make more money, they have to rely on performance commissions or other labor contributions to get higher returns. For our middle-income friends, after the local minimum wage is adjusted, we can also proactively apply to our boss for a wage increase. After all, we can also take the initiative to apply for a salary increase.