Personal Care Services Workers

How to become a Domestic Worker

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 家政服务员

Also called: Maternity and Newborn Carer, Professional Organiser, Housekeeper and Family Carer

Does housework, cares for family members and manages household affairs.

Main tasks

Cleaning the home, washing and ironing clothes, cooking, shopping and doing housework
Caring for pregnant women day to day, preparing nutritious meals, giving pregnancy health care and planning and carrying out prenatal stimulation
Caring for new mothers day to day, preparing nutritious meals, guiding physical recovery after birth and giving emotional support
Caring for newborns, preparing feeds and feeding them, and giving health care
Caring for babies and toddlers day to day, preparing meals, giving health care and helping with early learning
Caring for older people day to day, preparing meals, giving health advice, going out with them and keeping them safe
Caring for sick people day to day, preparing nutritious meals, helping them eat and giving recovery and health advice
Managing household affairs, planning domestic roles, organising domestic staff, managing household spending, planning family dinners and improving the home

Ways in

Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Modern Domestic Services and Management (790301). Vocational major 790301 Modern Domestic Services and Management (现代家政服务与管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Early Childhood Care; Maternal and Infant Care; Elderly Care.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Household Management (390301). Vocational major 390301 Modern Household Management (现代家政管理), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Early Childhood Care; Maternal and Infant Care; Elderly Care.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥49,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥36,000 to CN¥65,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥28,500 and one in ten more than CN¥89,500.
This is the figure for the mid group Residential Services Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥54,576 a year (2025), middle half CN¥45,900 to CN¥63,600.
This is the figure for the minor group Personal Care Services Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Residential Services Workers holds 1.98% of everyone employed in China; 69.4% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
38% are under 35, 48.2% are 35 to 54 and 13.9% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 40 to 44.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Domestic Worker?

Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Modern Domestic Services and Management (790301); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Household Management (390301).

How much does a Domestic Worker earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥49,000 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Residential Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥54,576 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Domestic Worker?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026