Is it illegal not to pay social security according to actual salary?

Legal analysis: It is illegal not to pay social insurance according to actual salary. If the social insurance is not paid in full, the social insurance collection agency may order it to pay or make up within a time limit.

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

Article 60 The employing unit shall declare on its own and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time. Except for legal reasons such as force majeure, the payment shall not be postponed or reduced. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.

Article 86 If an employer fails to pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, the social insurance premium collection agency shall order it to pay within a time limit or make up for it, and from the date of default, an overdue fine of 5/10000 shall be added daily; Failing to pay within the time limit, the relevant administrative departments shall impose a fine of more than one time and less than three times the amount owed.