They saw their salaries inflate at a rate of 8 percent annually last year, compared to a 3 percent rate for execs in the US. If this current trend continues, top execs in
In the ECA's National Salary Comparison, the company says that the spending power (based on cost of living) of an
This shift could have huge implications for the global war on talent. It may get more difficult for US companies to recruit Chinese executives.
"Currently a senior Chinese employee is likely to see their spending power increase if they are sent to the US to work," says a spokesperson for the ECA. "But this could change in the future and companies offering Chinese executives coming to the US a salary based on the local US salaries could well find that the package is no longer enough incentives for them to accept the assignment."
Check out the chart below:
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To produces a transparent comparison, ECA converted all salaries to euros at the exchange rate on July 1, 2012 as a common currency.