Three types of compensation for work-related deaths: funeral allowance, survivor’s pension, and one-time death benefit
There are three distinct compensation amounts for workers who die on the job — don’t confuse them or focus on just one. The funeral allowance equals six months of the average monthly wage of local workers from the previous year. The survivor’s pension is paid monthly based on the deceased worker’s own wage: 40% goes to the spouse, while each other dependent relative receives 30% per month. The one-time death benefit is fixed at 20 times the per capita disposable income of urban residents nationwide in the prior year — this amount is identical across all regions.
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The compensation for death due to work-related injury is divided into three parts. The first part is the funer…
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The compensation for death due to work-related injury is divided into three parts. The first part is the funeral allowance, the amount of which is 6 months of the average monthly wage of employees in the insured area (unified area) of the previous year. The second part is the dependency allowance, which is paid monthly based on the deceased's original salary, with the spouse receiving 40% per month and other relatives receiving 30% per person per month. The third part is the lump-sum work-related death subsidy, the amount of which is 20 times the per capita disposable income of urban residents nationwide in the previous year; this is a single national figure and does not vary by region. For a work-related death occurring in 2026 year, this part is approximately 113 ten thousand yuan (1130040 yuan). The calculation is the per capita disposable income of urban residents nationwide in the previous year, which is 56502 yuan, multiplied by 20.
工伤保险条例第三十九条：「（一）丧葬补助金为6个月的统筹地区上年度职工月平均工资；（二）供养亲属抚恤金按照职工本人工资的一定比例发给由因工死亡职工生前提供主要生活来源、无劳动能力的亲属。标准为：配偶每月40%，其他亲属每人每月30%，孤寡老人或者孤儿每人每月在上述标准的基础上增加10%……（三）一次性工亡补助金标准为上一年度全国城镇居民人均可支配收入的20倍。」. https://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2011/content_1778064.htm；国家统计局 (2026). 2025 年居民收入和消费支出情况. https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfbhjd/202601/t20260119_1962321.html
Open source linkThe lump-sum work-related death subsidy is unified nationwide, and the amount is updated annually according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. When negotiating compensation, do not accept the argument that "the local standard here is lower."