How much will flexible workers pay for social security in 2022?

The social security contribution rate for flexibly employed people in 2022 is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Flexible employees who voluntarily participate in the basic pension insurance for enterprise employees are divided into 12 grades, respectively 3368 yuan, 4000 yuan, 5000 yuan, 6000 yuan, 7000 yuan, 8000 yuan, 9000 yuan, 10000 yuan, 12000 yuan, 14000 yuan, 16000 yuan and 19335 yuan, and flexible employees are free to choose the grade of the wage base for contribution.

Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation to a population that is incapacitated, temporarily out of work, or has suffered a loss due to health reasons. The main programs of social insurance include pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, and maternity insurance.

Social insurance programs are organized by the government, which forces a certain group of people to form a social insurance fund by paying a part of their income as a social insurance tax (fee), from which the insured can receive a fixed amount of income or compensation for their losses if certain conditions are fulfilled, and it is a kind of redistributive system, the goal of which is to ensure the reproduction of material and labor force and the stability of the society.

In China, social insurance is an important part of the social security system, and it occupies a central position in the whole social security system. In addition, social insurance is a kind of contributory social security, which is mainly financed by employers and workers themselves, with the government subsidizing and assuming the ultimate responsibility. But workers can only enjoy the corresponding social insurance benefits if they fulfill their legal obligation to pay contributions and meet the legal conditions.

Social insurance refers to the system whereby the state, through legislation, mandatorily establishes a social insurance fund to provide necessary material assistance to workers participating in labor relations in the event of incapacity or unemployment. Social insurance is not for profit.

Social insurance is mainly through the mobilization of social insurance fund, and within a certain range of social insurance fund to implement the co-ordination of transfer to the workers encountered in the labor risk to give the necessary help, social insurance for workers to provide a basic livelihood protection, as long as the workers meet the conditions for enjoying the social insurance, i.e., either with the employer to establish a labor relationship, or has been in accordance with the provisions of the payment of social insurance premiums, can enjoy social insurance. As long as the worker meets the conditions for enjoying social insurance, i.e., either has established a labor relationship with the employer or has paid the required social insurance premiums, he or she will be entitled to social insurance. Social insurance is the core of the social security system.