- 工薪阶层 gōngxīnjiēcéng salaried classsocial group consisting of people who depend on wages or salaries as their main source of income; wage earners; salaried workers
- 白领阶层 báilǐngjiēcéng white-collar classThe group of people who perform professional, office, or administrative work as opposed to manual labor; commonly refers to workers with higher income and status.
- 社会阶层 shèhuìjiēcéng social classa social class or status group within a community; a social bracket
- 蓝领阶层 lánlǐngjiēcéng blue-collar classthe socioeconomic class of people who perform manual labor and earn an hourly wage
- 中产阶层 zhōngchǎnjiēcéng middle classthe middle class; the bourgeoisie
- 高阶层 gāojiēcéng upper classupper class or higher level in a social or organizational hierarchy
- 同步数位阶层 tóngbùshùwèijiēcéng synchronous digital hierarchysynchronous digital hierarchy; SDH
- 有闲阶层 yǒuxiánjiēcéng leisure classthe wealthy social class consisting of people who do not need to work for a living