Should social security be deducted from the minimum wage?

Legal analysis: the minimum wage does not include the social security paid by the employer. Social security is deducted from the individual's monthly salary by the company, and it is legal if the salary payable (before deducting social security) is not lower than the local minimum wage.

Legal basis: minimum wage regulations

Fifth minimum wage standards generally take the form of monthly minimum wage standards and hourly minimum wage standards. The monthly minimum wage applies to full-time employees and the hourly minimum wage applies to part-time employees.

Article 6 In determining and adjusting the monthly minimum wage, reference should be made to the minimum living expenses of local workers and their dependents, the consumer price index of urban residents, the social insurance premiums and housing accumulation funds paid by individual workers, the average wages of workers, the level of economic development, employment status and other factors.

To determine and adjust the hourly minimum wage, we should consider the basic old-age insurance premium and basic medical insurance premium paid by the unit on the basis of the promulgated monthly minimum wage standard, and at the same time give due consideration to the differences between part-time employees and full-time employees in terms of job stability, working conditions, labor intensity and welfare benefits.

The specific calculation methods of monthly minimum wage and hourly minimum wage are shown in the annex.