Is it illegal for wages to be inconsistent with the social security base?

Whether it is illegal for wages to be inconsistent with the social security base depends on the actual situation. In fact, as long as the employer does not lie about the employee's salary or deliberately reduce the payment level to save social security expenses, it is not illegal for the salary to be inconsistent with the social security base. However, it is illegal to lie about the social security payment base to pay less social security fees. Once discovered, the employer will be investigated and dealt with by the social security department, and must pay back within a time limit, otherwise it will face a fine, and late fees may be charged after the deadline.

Each overall planning area will adjust the payment base according to the average monthly income of employees in the previous year, local economic development and price level. Basically, the social security payment base will change every year. After calculating the average monthly salary of employees in the previous year, it is generally used as the benchmark value of social security payment, and the payment base of local employees' social security participants is 60% to 300% of this base as the lower and upper limits of the payment base, which is used to complete the payment.

If the employee's monthly salary is higher than the local maximum payment base, then social security will be paid according to the maximum payment base; If the employee's monthly salary is lower than the local minimum payment base, then social security will be paid according to the minimum payment base. In these two cases, the social security payment base is inconsistent with the salary amount, but it conforms to the social security payment regulations and will not violate the law.

In real life, the social security payment base is usually selected by the employer according to the wage statistics of employees. Some enterprises will pay employees according to their actual wages, while others will choose a certain amount according to their average monthly income. In order to save costs, some enterprises will pay according to the lowest social security payment base. However, at present, some co-ordination areas have not allowed employers to pay social security for employees at will according to the minimum payment base.

The higher the social security payment base, the more funds employees can remit to their personal accounts so that they can receive more pensions when they retire. In addition, in the usual medical treatment process, the funds in the medical insurance personal account can pay more outpatient expenses or medicine expenses, and some of the funds that need to be borne by themselves will be less. However, the social security payment base needs to conform to the actual income situation, otherwise it will bring certain cost pressure to the insured.