On April 17, Beijing time, an average salary of college graduates returning to the county from 2018 to 2022 was announced on the Internet.
The news quickly occupied the hot search list, triggering key discussions, and many netizens said that they were averaged again, so what is the truth?
It is reported that this data is released by the Max Research Institute, titled "Blue Book of China's 2018-2022 University Graduate Training Quality Tracking and Evaluation".
The article lists a large number of survey data, and after summarizing it, it is a piece that now, in addition to gathering in first- and second-tier cities, college graduates have begun to shift their attention to small cities, such as their hometown counties.
They conducted a follow-up survey for a total of five years, and the data came that the number of graduates who are willing to return to the county to work after graduation has increased from 20% in 2018 to 25% in 2022, with a slightly higher proportion of female students than male students.
Sixty percent of them returned to the county as soon as they graduated, and 40 percent returned after working for a while.
At the same time, the graduation salary of undergraduates has also risen from 4,640 yuan in 2018 to 5,377 yuan in 2022.
After their return, their specific employment work is mainly focused on education and government public administration, with education being the main focus on girls.
As soon as this news was announced, it quickly sparked discussions, and the most obvious thing is the salary level, that is, today's college graduates can return directly to the county with a salary of more than 5,000 yuan.
According to the calculation method of slightly lower than the salary increase in large cities, then it can basically exceed 10,000 yuan after 5 years, that is, it is the same as the average salary level of most large cities today.
Many netizens said that it seems that they have been averaged again, not that there is no such high salary in the county, but that they are generally good positions and very difficult to enter.
Moreover, the salary level varies greatly across the country, and the difference in the economic level of the county is even more obvious.
The Blue Book also mentions that they analyze that the reason why college students have such a choice is because of the high housing prices and high work pressure in big cities, and the second is that the county seat is very close to home, although it does not have an advantage in terms of salary, but there is a greater chance of working in the system.
Coupled with the fact that the consumption level of the county is much lower, the conclusion is that it is not that the big city cannot afford to work, but that the county town is more cost-effective to work.
If this statistic is to be believed, then the rhythm of the previous covert mass gathering of big cities will be broken.
So for you, do you continue to struggle in the big city, or choose to return to the county seat?