The payment base of social security refers to the wage base used by enterprises or employees to calculate and pay social insurance premiums. This base multiplied by the prescribed rate is the amount of social insurance premiums that enterprises or individuals should pay. Local social security payment bases are linked to local average wage data. It is determined according to the average monthly wage income of employees from June 1 day to February 1 day in the previous year. Once a year, it will not change within one year after confirmation. The time to apply for adjusting the social security base is generally in July. Enterprises generally take the total wages of enterprise employees as the payment base, and individual employees generally pay social insurance premiums based on their average monthly salary in the previous year. In China, the payment base is approved by the social insurance agency according to the employer's declaration.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law
Article 2 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 in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.
Article 4 Employers and individuals who pay social insurance premiums according to law in People's Republic of China (PRC) have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services. Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.
Eighth social insurance agencies to provide social insurance services, responsible for social insurance registration, personal rights and interests records, social insurance benefits payment and other work.
Article 9 Trade unions shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of employees according to law, and have the right to participate in the research on major social insurance issues, participate in the social insurance supervision committee, and supervise matters related to employees' social insurance rights and interests.
Article 41 Where an employee's employer fails to pay work-related injury insurance premiums according to law, and a work-related injury accident occurs, the employer shall pay work-related injury insurance benefits. If the employer does not pay, it shall pay in advance from the industrial injury insurance fund.
The industrial injury insurance benefits paid in advance from the industrial injury insurance fund shall be repaid by the employer. If the employer fails to repay, the social insurance agency may recover the compensation in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 of this Law.
Forty-fourth employees should participate in unemployment insurance, and employers and employees should pay unemployment insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.