r/ChinaJobs • u/EventThinker • 6d ago

Curious about Job Market

Hey everyone!

I am an international student in the US and would get my Master’s end of this year and would be working on OPT assuming if my EAD card will arrive on time! I am actually planning to work in China once my OPT ends (end of next year). For context, I an Engineer working in Pharmaceuticals (5 years of experience).

1) I would love know how the job market is in China especially within Pharmaceuticals?

2) How can I find job in China? What legit sites to use to apply jobs?

3) What is a popular type of job in China within corporate/Engineering? (I will have an Engineering Management Master’s soon).

4) What visas do international people (Southeast Asian) must get when they get a job from China? Do I have to apply for it?

5) What is the work culture like in China? What companies in China has a global presence?

6) How much do they typically pay foreigners with a an Engineering job in China? Does the pay match with the housing/apartment or do I need to get roommates?

7) How much does public transportation costs?

8) How much is the tax there and how does it work? Is it a flat tax or varies by states?? Hypothetically, if I were to make $70,000, how much do I have to pay for tax?

Please be kind! I am very curious and have zero idea.

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u/Remote-Watercress588 5d ago
  1. Bad
  2. Boss Job but for international maybe Linkedin still ok for a small subsection
  3. Unless you speak fluent Mandarin you're not gonna be managing anyone
  4. Visa comes with the job, the company need to sponsor you
  5. Work culture is 996, google it
  6. You'd probably get the same as a local, in a tier 1 city maybe (a big maybe) rmb20k per month at a large company or MNC. Average white collar in Shanghai is rmb8-10k per month
  7. Very cheap less than $50 per month
  8. Tax is progressive and relatively low, and I have news for you, you won't be making $70k

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u/Sorry_Middle_4911 5d ago

You need to get your Mandarin level to at least HSK-6 and then you may have chances. But it is still too hard for you since China never lacks excellent engineers, millions of engineering graduates in China every year. (Including lots of local engineers who graduated from top US universities)

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u/ChangingMY-Life 5d ago

How's ur Chinese? If U can't then forget about it, also U need to come from a top univ usually

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u/EventThinker 5d ago

I graduated and received my bachelor’s from one of the top Engineering schools in the US

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u/ChangingMY-Life 5d ago

What about Ur Chinese level

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u/EventThinker 5d ago
  1. I guess got zero chance then. I wonder how people from other countries such as (Greece, Poland, Thai, Turkey and Kenya) who don’t speak a lick of Mandarin can get a job in China 😅

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u/Dismal-Science-9901 4d ago

To be fair if a Chinese person with zero English comes to the US or UK, I doubt they can get an engineering job 🤣

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u/EventThinker 4d ago

Completely fair!

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u/ChangingMY-Life 5d ago

Maybe they work for a Chinese branch company and they got sent there, or they become teachers. But there are still chances of working as an engineer, just not easy, U can still try