Interactive tool
Estimate payroll costs in Shanghai
Important notes
- Base limits: 7,460 RMB to 37,302 RMB.
- Standard monthly IIT deduction: 5,000 RMB.
- Individual special deductions are excluded in this simplified model.
- For expats, tax-free allowance is shown separately and capped at 30% of gross salary.
How this calculator works
- Social and housing use city rates with a capped contribution base.
- Monthly IIT uses resident cumulative month-by-month withholding.
- Annual IIT uses the annual tax table directly, not monthly IIT × 12.
Monthly final outputs
Monthly IIT is based on resident cumulative month-by-month withholding.
- Monthly social insurance base
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- Monthly employee social total
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- Monthly employer social total
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- Monthly taxable income
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- Monthly IIT
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- Monthly net salary
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- Monthly employer cost
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Annual totals
Annual IIT is calculated directly using the annual tax table (not monthly IIT multiplied by 12).
- Annual employee social
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- Annual employer social
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- Annual IIT
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- Annual net salary
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- Annual employer total cost
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