Electronic Equipment Assembly and Testing Workers

How to become an Electronics Assembler

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电子设备装接工

Also called: Hand Soldering Electronics Assembler, Wave Soldering Electronics Assembler, Surface Mount Electronics Assembler

Uses equipment such as wave soldering machines, solder pots, automatic insertion machines, reflow ovens and surface mount lines, and tools such as wire strippers, soldering irons and crimpers, to connect and assemble electronic equipment and its parts and modules.

Main tasks

Drawing harness layout boards with rulers, needle nose pliers and other tools, cutting wires or cables, preparing ends and tying harnesses
Stripping and tinning wire ends with wire strippers, solder pots and other tools and equipment
Forming component leads and tinning them to remove gold with solder pots and other equipment and tools
Inserting components into printed circuit boards or substrates by automatic insertion machine or by hand
Soldering components and wires with wave or dip soldering equipment or soldering irons
Crimping or wire wrapping connections with crimp tools, wrapping guns and similar tools
Assembling modules, parts and complete units
Surface mounting and soldering components on printed circuit boards
Reworking bad solder joints or replacing components with soldering irons, rework stations and so on

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Electronics Technology (460703). Vocational major 460703 Automotive Electronics Technology (汽车电子技术), 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: New Energy Vehicle Assembly, Setup and Testing; Intelligent Connected Vehicle Testing and Setup.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Intelligent Technology (510107). Vocational major 510107 Automotive Intelligent Technology (汽车智能技术), 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: Smart Hardware Application Development; Autonomous Driving Software System Applications; Intelligent Connected Vehicle Testing and Setup.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥71,200 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥56,600 to CN¥89,200. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,700 and one in ten more than CN¥110,600.
This is the figure for the mid group Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing 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¥99,719 a year (2025), middle half CN¥69,822 to CN¥127,640.
This is the figure for the minor group Electronic Equipment Assembly and Testing 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 Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 1.88% of everyone employed in China; 41.6% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
57.1% are under 35, 39.7% are 35 to 54 and 3.2% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 30 to 34.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become an Electronics Assembler?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Electronics Technology (460703); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Intelligent Technology (510107).

How much does an Electronics Assembler earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥71,200 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 Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥99,719 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Electronics Assembler?

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