With the deeper and quicker pace of revolution in Shanghai, employees from all over the country play a more and more important role in the development of economic in Shanghai and become the crucial power in innovation and transformation of Shanghai.

To deeply research the employment scale, construction, flow regularity and changing trend, Employment Promotion Center of Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau draft the Shanghai Migrate Workers Employment Situation Report (2018) based on the employment registration data from 2013 to now, combined with the concurrent sample research data, giving the analysis of the current situation of migrate workers employment.

4.633 Millions Migrant Workers Made Employment Registration, the Number of Initial Employment in Shanghai Decreased

The data suggests that by the end of March, 2018, 4.633millions migrant workers from all over the country made registration in Shanghai, which is 158,000 people more than the same time of the last year, 3.5% more compared with the last year. With the decrease of the amount of permanent living migrant, the number of workers increases, meaning the perfection of comprehensive management, the equality of public employment service, and the attraction of the city, also reflecting the deepen sense of rights of employer and employee.

The number of initial employment is 84000 person, 17000 people less than last year, 16.5% decrease compared with the last year.

Over 70% are Involved the Third Industry with an Average Salary of 5536 Yuan

As to the industry construction, on March 2018, among the registered migrant employees, 1244,000 people are involved in second industry, occupied about 26.8%; 3383,000 in third industry, about 73.1%. The trend suggests the employment in second industry decrease slightly but with higher efficiency of production and steady growth of production. As a result of upgrade of employee quality, technique, equipment and production management, it represents a temporary progress of innovation development and economics upgrade.

The data suggests that the average income of 2017 is 5536, 11.9% rises compared with last year and 79.2% compared with five years ago.

Income is the most economic resource and life safeguard of employee. With the increase of economics and production efficiency, higher income is becoming the most concerned and realistic issue of all the social members. In recent years, migrant workers have made an undeniable devotion for the development of economics and life standard while fully enjoyed the fruit of reform and development with steady increase of month income.

Proportion of Migrants with College Degree and above Rises Speedily

For the degree construction of migrant employment registration, on March 2018, 49.9% have junior high school degree and below, 12.3% have high school degree, 15.3% have college degree, and 22.5% have bachelor degree and above.

Among the registered migrant employees, 37.8% have college degree and above, almost twice as the proportion of 21.4% on the same time in 2013.

There is a gap compared with the Shanghai residence labor. 8.3% decrease from the 15.3% the same time five years ago to the current 7.0% suggests the smaller and smaller the gap is of the education level between migrant and Shanghai resident.

With the adjustment of industrial construction and upgrade of economics, the local human resource market requires a high quality of employees. With the speedy development of economics society, Shanghai is attracting more and more migrant workers with high education. The need of a variety of employers for employees with knowledge and technique will be rising.

Average Stay in Shanghai 7.8 Years, Stable Employment Rises

According to the research, average stay in Shanghai of migrants from all provinces reaches 7.8 years, 0.5 years longer compared with last years, and 1.3 years longer than five years ago with a rising trend with each passing year.

As to the sustaining employment in current position, average term reaches 35.9 months, 4.9 months longer compared with last year and 4.1months longer compared with five years ago. The longer time of sustaining employment in the same enterprise, the more stable the employment is of the migrants.

Over 70% Migrants Live with the Whole or Part of Family in Shanghai, the Wish to Back Home on Spring Festival Decreases

It is reported in the data that only 26.2% migrants have no family in Shanghai, 53.8% migrants are with part of family in shanghai and 20% are with the whole family in shanghai; together 73.8% migrants are with family in shanghai .

As the development tendency suggests that the proportion with whole family is rising.

As to the wish to go back hometown on Spring Festival, 67.6% choose to go, 10.2% decrease compared with last year; 32.4% choose to stay in Shanghai, 10.2% increase compared with last year. Generally speaking, the decrease weakens the effect of Spring Festival on steady production and operation of companies.

As the progressing of equality on basic public service, labor right of migrants can be safeguard, their willingness to stay in Shanghai is getting stronger. Quite a part of migrants choose to stay in Shanghai for Spring Festival, making the employment more stable. It is not only in the advantage of stable production of enterprises but also in advantage of meeting city life service need and personal work experience and profession career development of migrants.

Online Application Proportion Raises, Public Employment Service Made a Bigger Influence among Migrant Workers

For the resources of information, 27.3% usually read newspaper for information, 37.2% from TV, 13.3% from broadcast, 69.7% from internet and 82.6% from cell phone. According to the trend, cell phone is becoming the first information resources for migrant workers as the proportion is getting bigger.

As to the channel of job-seeking, 36.2% interviewees reported recommendation through relatives or fellow villagers, social net such as blood tie and space tie etc still plays a vital role in job-seeking of migrant workers, but the proportion is 0.4% less than last year and 7.4% less than five years ago.

About 28.6% migrant workers get their current job through recruiting website or wechat official account, ranking the second in all channels, 1.0% rise compared to last year and 9.6% more than five years ago. It is becoming a heating trend especially among the group with college degree and above, which reaches 51.7%.

It is worth notice that only 9.7% migrant workers find the current job through public employment service institution, ranking the forth. The city public employment service specially establish a branch targeting at migrant workers providing free job introduction and also profession guidance, training, etc., gaining more and more popularity and effect is the migrant group.

From: Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau