A man’s monthly salary in Shenzhen is 5,000 to 6,000 yuan. Do you think he will be able to save money after one year?

At ten o'clock one night, a colleague got off work from the science and technology park and took a taxi home. While waiting at the traffic light, the driver looked at the people waiting at the bus stop in front and asked his colleagues: "You work in the Science and Technology Park and your salary is so high. Why don't you buy a car but have to squeeze in the bus?"

It's a good question. It was so sudden that his colleague didn't know how to answer, so he asked him: "How high do you think the salary of people working in the science and technology park is?"

He said: "At least ten or twenty thousand."

However, this realization of the driver brother may make 90% of the office workers in the science and technology park feel ashamed, because most of them earn less than 10,000 yuan!

Later we discovered that many people had misunderstandings about the income of Shenzhen people!

When I went to Xixiang to rent a house, the agent took me to see the house and said, "No single room here costs less than 1,000. 1,300 is already very cheap. You work in Nanshan? The salary is at least over." 10,000 yuan, is a house worth 1,300 yuan still too expensive?”

The editor was really helpless at the time. There are too many people working in Nanshan who only get a salary of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan...< /p>

Some time ago, a survey showed that "more than 70% of Internet users have a monthly income of less than 5,000" became a hot search topic. Some people said that they did not expect that everyone's wages would be so low.

In fact, the real income of Shenzhen people may exceed your imagination.

According to the "2019 Chinese Salary Report" released by Tencent, only 26.91% of people in Shenzhen actually had a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan in 2019, which is equivalent to less than 27 out of 100 employees. Individuals can achieve a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan.

The overall monthly salary of the respondents is mainly concentrated in the range of 5,000 to 8,000 yuan. This survey, in 2020, is more in line with the situation around the editor.

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The wages of most Shenzhen people are really not that high

People from different classes always have misunderstandings about different Shenzhen people. When the elite see people around them earning tens of thousands a month, they mistakenly think that people in Shenzhen have very high wages.

There are more people in Shenzhen with a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan than in other places, but this does not mean that everyone has a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan.

A friend once worked in sales at a financial company. His colleague, a girl born in 1995, had a maximum monthly income of 400,000.

But only a very small number of people can have this income. My friend has been working for 3 months, opening at most one or two small orders every month, with a basic salary of 2,000, and an average monthly income of less than 3,000. Many of his colleagues earn an average of five to six thousand a month.

There are a large number of factories in Shenzhen, and ordinary workers only earn 4,000-6,000 yuan a month. There are also small office workers whose salary is only four to five thousand.

And this group of people will think that there are more low-paid people in Shenzhen than high-paid people.

In the past few years, every time they see news about average salary levels, many people don’t want to click on it. They know without looking at it that it must be 9,000 or 10,000, and they have been averaged again.

To be honest, the editor has been in Shenzhen for two years and feels that a monthly salary of 8,000 is already a good level.

A friend quit his sales job some time ago and started delivering express delivery, earning more than 8,000 yuan a month. The editor felt like "Hey, it's pretty good."

But his work is really hard. He has to arrive at the company after 6 o'clock in the morning and work until after 9 o'clock in the evening. He bought a small tricycle for delivery, but within a few days it was scratched by the tricycle. The other party scolded him and refused to compensate.

Nearly all of my friends with higher salaries are "overtime workers." Half a year ago, several friends asked me to make a dinner date, but they still can't make the date today. It’s either working overtime or traveling.

In a word: All you earn is hard-earned money.

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Can you really make money by working in Shenzhen?

I often hear a saying: "Come to work in Shenzhen just to make money." Many people came for this purpose, but their dreams were shattered by reality and they chose to leave.

Imagine that your monthly salary in Shenzhen is 7,000, 1,200 for rent and water and electricity, 1,500 for food and drink, 200 for transportation, 1,000 for shopping and entertainment, etc., leaving 3,100 per month. My friend from my hometown has a monthly salary of 4,500, but he doesn’t have to spend money to live and eat at home. If he goes out to eat, drink and have fun, he still has 3,000 left.

After doing the calculations, it turns out that the money earned in Shenzhen is actually just enough to live a "well-off" life, and no more will be lost.

If you think that you can solve this problem with a monthly salary of tens of thousands, you are wrong. Many people say that a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan is not enough, and even the rent of 800 yuan is distressing.

People with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan still have no sense of security, let alone those with a monthly salary of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan.

Some people tell me: low salary means you don’t work hard enough. However, not all industries have room for growth.

Change another industry? But rounding it off is 30 years old. Many companies require "under 35 years old" in recruitment. In two years, we will be competing with those born after 2000... Who dares to jump to another industry and start over?

And if you don’t have strong skills, are not in a sales-type industry, and do not count performance, it will be really difficult for your salary to rise.

?Many people have been in Shenzhen for several years, but their wages are still stuck at a certain number and they cannot break through.

There are also people who can save money. I once met an uncle from Henan who was in his forties. He had worked at a construction site for more than ten years and earned more than 270 yuan a day. He built a small bungalow in his hometown and raised two children.

Mr. Zhang and his wife, who have been working in Shenzhen for more than 10 years, have a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan. They saved a small amount of money, and their parents supported part of the down payment. Last year, they finally took out a loan to buy a house in Shenzhen, and the couple repaid the loan together. , the economy will not be too tight.

However, even though everyone does not earn that much, Shenzhen still attracts them to stay, because Shenzhen has its own advantages: wider space, freer life... These commonplace things, everyone Understand.

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Low salary does not mean that you cannot save money

I often hear people ridiculing "Shenzhen makes money and Shenzhen spends it, but don't even think about bringing a penny." go home". In fact, it's too exaggerated.

With a monthly income of 20,000 yuan, it is possible to spend all of it on food, drink, entertainment, and shopping. It can happen that you come to Shenzhen for three or four years without saving a penny.

The salary is low, but I work hard to save money and live a happy life. For example, the salary of blue-collar workers working in factories is generally less than 6,000, but many of them are provided with accommodation and even food, and they can still live very well.

People’s quality of life does not necessarily have to be piled up with money. Even with a monthly salary of 5,500, some people say they live very comfortably.

With a monthly salary of 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, renting a house worth more than 400 yuan will not only save money but also provide comfort.

Someone has a monthly salary of 8,000 and can save 4,000.

There are ways to live with money, and there are ways to live without money. Whether you choose to work hard in Shenzhen, eat a box lunch worth more than ten yuan, or live an ordinary life in a small city, it is a good choice and it just depends on your personal wishes.

Sometimes when people look at Shenzhen, they consciously add a halo to it, mistakenly thinking that this city should be high-paying and glamorous. In fact, no matter which city you are in, high salary, low salary, and wage disparity are normal things.

The existence of Shenzhen gives an opportunity to those who want to get higher wages and make more money.

Every day, there will be more and more "back waves" leaving Shenzhen, and similarly, there will be more and more "back waves" coming in.

For those of us who insist on staying in Shenzhen, high wages are indeed not easy, but after seeing the truth of life, we still have hope, are willing to actively try and change, and strive for a better future. , this is the most important thing, isn't it?