Bid & Proposal Salary Index
All bid & proposal roles salary, China
Advertised base salaries from bid, proposal and tender adverts in China.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from bid, proposal and tender adverts in China.
All bid & proposal roles salary, China
CN¥270,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within CN¥210,000–CN¥540,000.
13 adverts9 employersIndicativeUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Includes 2 adverts paid in EUR, converted to CNY using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
Average (mean)
CN¥354,960
Range
CN¥150,000–CN¥663,239
Adverts stating pay
33%
13 of 40 adverts · Low data
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Every role figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare roles, so they are listed by number of adverts.
| Role | Median | Adverts | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tender Manager | CN¥270,000 (CN¥270,000)5 advertsLow data | 5 | Low data |
| Proposal Analyst / Engineer | CN¥300,000 (CN¥300,000)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data |
| Bid Manager / Consultant | CN¥540,000 (CN¥540,000)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data |
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals | CN¥210,000 (CN¥210,000)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data |
| Bid Coordinator | CN¥150,000 (CN¥150,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
Each role's figure is the headline of its own page. The all-roles figure above pools every role, so it moves with the mix of roles advertised as well as with pay. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
Current advertised salary differences between experience groups. This is not a forecast of your next pay rise.
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Median advertised base salary CN¥270,000
Adverts per CN¥40,000 band
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Every sector figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare sectors, so they are listed by number of adverts.
| Sector | Median | Adverts | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business consulting | CN¥663,000 (€87,120)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data |
| Manufacturing & industrial | CN¥540,000 (CN¥540,000)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data |
| Financial & professional services | CN¥210,000 (CN¥210,000)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data |
| IT & software | CN¥258,000 (CN¥258,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
Based on the 11 of 13 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. 2 adverts name sectors outside these groups and are not shown. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
China ranks 35th of the 60 countries with salary figures in CNY for this role, based on 13 adverts. Russia has the highest available advertised median, based on 1 advert.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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Not enough complete history: 1 of 2 complete months has 6 or more advertised salaries.
Oct 2026 so far: CN¥460,620 from 2 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
3 months so far
Day rates. No bid or proposal advert in China stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 13 of the 40 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (33%, Low data): 13 in a structured field and 0 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Includes 2 adverts paid in EUR, converted to CNY using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
| Role | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tender Manager | CN¥270,000 | CN¥270,000 | Not available | 5 | 3 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Proposal Analyst / Engineer | CN¥300,000 | CN¥300,000 | Not available | 3 | 3 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Bid Manager / Consultant | CN¥540,000 | CN¥540,000 | Not available | 2 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals | CN¥210,000 | CN¥210,000 | Not available | 2 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Bid Coordinator | CN¥150,000 | CN¥150,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 4 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | CN¥289,500 | CN¥481,620 | CN¥663,239 | 4 | Low data | –CN¥271,620 (–56%) |
| 5–10 years | CN¥210,000 | CN¥210,000 | CN¥270,000 | 5 | Low data | +CN¥165,000 (+79%) |
| 10+ years | CN¥210,000 | CN¥375,000 | CN¥540,000 | 4 | Low data | No step |
| Not stated | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CN¥120,000–CN¥160,000 | 1 | 8% |
| CN¥160,000–CN¥200,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥200,000–CN¥240,000 | 4 | 31% |
| CN¥240,000–CN¥280,000 | 2 | 15% |
| CN¥280,000–CN¥320,000 | 1 | 8% |
| CN¥320,000–CN¥360,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥360,000–CN¥400,000 | 1 | 8% |
| CN¥400,000–CN¥440,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥440,000–CN¥480,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥480,000–CN¥520,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥520,000–CN¥560,000 | 2 | 15% |
| CN¥560,000–CN¥600,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥600,000–CN¥640,000 | 0 | 0% |
| CN¥640,000–CN¥680,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business consulting | CN¥663,000 | €87,120 | Not available | 3 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Manufacturing & industrial | CN¥540,000 | CN¥540,000 | Not available | 3 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Financial & professional services | CN¥210,000 | CN¥210,000 | Not available | 2 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| IT & software | CN¥258,000 | CN¥258,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | CN¥1,070,000 | $160,000 | 1 |
| United States | CN¥754,000 | $112,500 | 3,829 |
| Denmark | CN¥611,000 | DKK600,000 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | CN¥609,000 | €80,000 | 2 |
| Türkiye | CN¥600,000 | €78,850 | 2 |
| Australia | CN¥571,000 | A$122,287 | 23 |
| Czechia | CN¥534,000 | Kč1,713,124 | 3 |
| Ireland | CN¥533,000 | €70,000 | 55 |
| Japan | CN¥526,000 | $78,431 | 6 |
| Switzerland | CN¥520,000 | €68,250 | 18 |
| Belgium | CN¥516,000 | €67,800 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | CN¥516,000 | HK$603,481 | 4 |
| Peru | CN¥509,000 | $75,950 | 1 |
| Netherlands | CN¥503,000 | €66,096 | 237 |
| Sweden | CN¥483,000 | €63,414 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | CN¥463,000 | $69,030 | 2 |
| New Zealand | CN¥461,000 | NZ$121,677 | 2 |
| Singapore | CN¥457,000 | S$87,000 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | CN¥445,000 | £50,000 | 710 |
| Germany | CN¥439,000 | €57,600 | 412 |
| Canada | CN¥425,000 | C$90,000 | 453 |
| Austria | CN¥419,000 | €55,000 | 21 |
| Portugal | CN¥401,000 | €52,700 | 3 |
| France | CN¥381,000 | €50,000 | 104 |
| Cameroon | CN¥379,000 | £42,500 | 1 |
| Finland | CN¥365,000 | €48,000 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | CN¥365,000 | SAR204,000 | 9 |
| Serbia | CN¥353,000 | lei245,000 | 1 |
| Lithuania | CN¥340,000 | €44,670 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | CN¥324,000 | €42,500 | 1 |
| Poland | CN¥314,000 | zł180,010 | 19 |
| Spain | CN¥305,000 | €40,000 | 89 |
| Italy | CN¥293,000 | €38,500 | 772 |
| Egypt | CN¥289,000 | E£2,246,947 | 2 |
| China | CN¥270,000 | CN¥270,000 | 13 |
| South Africa | CN¥262,000 | R640,000 | 20 |
| Latvia | CN¥251,000 | €33,000 | 3 |
| Qatar | CN¥221,000 | QAR120,000 | 5 |
| Slovakia | CN¥210,000 | €27,600 | 1 |
| Mexico | CN¥194,000 | MX$525,650 | 31 |
| Greece | CN¥186,000 | €24,450 | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | CN¥181,000 | AED99,000 | 28 |
| Guatemala | CN¥159,000 | $23,700 | 2 |
| New Caledonia | CN¥153,000 | $22,800 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | CN¥137,000 | $20,400 | 1 |
| Romania | CN¥130,000 | lei90,000 | 7 |
| Chile | CN¥124,000 | CLP18,000,000 | 3 |
| Ukraine | CN¥111,000 | €14,550 | 2 |
| Colombia | CN¥109,000 | COP54,000,000 | 13 |
| Vietnam | CN¥108,000 | ₫420,000,000 | 4 |
| Philippines | CN¥89,700 | ₱839,462 | 42 |
| Malaysia | CN¥78,900 | RM48,000 | 27 |
| Bangladesh | CN¥76,400 | $11,400 | 1 |
| Kuwait | CN¥71,800 | KWD3,300 | 1 |
| Brazil | CN¥56,100 | R$43,500 | 32 |
| India | CN¥31,500 | ₹450,000 | 448 |
| Pakistan | CN¥29,000 | PKR1,200,000 | 9 |
| Indonesia | CN¥27,400 | Rp73,200,000 | 1 |
| Nigeria | CN¥22,700 | ₦4,500,000 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | CN¥22,500 | LKR1,110,000 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | Shown in local currency only | DOP1,440,000 | 1 |
| Algeria | Shown in local currency only | DZD1,980,000 | 1 |
| Georgia | Shown in local currency only | ₾21,600 | 1 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Learning & development | 100% | 5 |
| Equity & ownership | 20% | 5 |
| Paid leave | 20% | 5 |
| Retirement & pension | 20% | 5 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | CN¥270,000 | CN¥210,000 | CN¥540,000 | 5 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | CN¥255,000 | CN¥210,000 | CN¥367,500 | 6 | no | no, not enough complete months for a trend yet |
| Oct 2026 | CN¥460,620 | CN¥359,310 | CN¥561,929 | 2 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All bid & proposal roles in China | 33% | 20%–48% | 13 | 0 | 40 |
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