Companies in first-tier cities are offering fresh graduates higher salaries, with Shanghai occupying the top slot with a starting salary of 7,296 yuan ($1,018) per month, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Beijing ranked second with a monthly median salary of 7,251 yuan, followed by Shenzhen at 7,131 yuan, and Guangzhou at 6,623 yuan, the newspaper said quoting a report by the HR Research Center under the recruitment portal 51job.

Among the new first-tier cities, Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, Nanjing and Suzhou in Jiangsu province stay ahead in the ranking, thanks to high level of economic development in the Yangtze River Delta.

Let's take a look at the top 10 Chinese cities offering highest salaries to the 2023 fresh graduates.