Is social security paid in proportion to wages?

The social security base is directly linked to wages. The calculation method of social security base is: if your salary is lower than the lower base of social security, pay it according to the lower base. If it is higher than the lower limit, it will be paid according to the actual average annual salary of the previous year. New employees take the first month's salary as the base; The social security base of old employees is adjusted to the average monthly salary of the previous year as the base. If the salary is lower than or higher than the local minimum or maximum social security base, the minimum or maximum social security base shall be used as the payment base.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 12 The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of employees stipulated by the state and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.

Fifteenth basic pension consists of overall pension and individual account pension.

The basic pension is determined according to factors such as individual cumulative payment years, payment wages, average salary of local employees, personal account amount, average life expectancy of urban population, etc.

Article 35 The employing unit shall pay the work-related injury insurance premium according to the total wages of employees and the rate determined by the social insurance agency.