How do foreigners pay their social security in Shanghai?

The ways for foreigners to pay social security in Shanghai are as follows:

1, to participate in the work, the unit pays the fee on behalf of the individual, that is, the unit and the individual jointly pay the fee, so that the unit and the individual each pay a part, which needs to be paid according to the average monthly salary income of the individual in the previous year. The individual pays endowment insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance according to the average salary of the individual in the previous year.

2. Pay social insurance as individuals and freelancers. According to the prescribed payment base, hundreds to thousands, local regulations, according to a certain proportion of payment, local regulations are different, old-age insurance is paid in proportion, and medical insurance is generally based on the local average wage level last year.

Cross-regional employment, the basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred, and the payment period will be calculated cumulatively. When an individual reaches the statutory retirement age, the basic pension is calculated in stages and distributed uniformly. If it is a local account in Shanghai, you can pay social security in the social security hall.

Legal basis: Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.