Employees in China's foreign-invested companies earned more than any other group last year, according to new survey results released May 27.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement on its website that foreign companies paid an average annual salary of 61,694 yuan ($10,001) to their employees in 2013, topping all other types of companies.

State-owned companies paid the second highest at 56,728 yuan ($9,082), while companies with investment from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan paid 49,683 yuan ($7,954) to employees, the statement showed.

The NBS tracked 870,000 companies in 16 sectors for the survey. The average salary of all tracked companies was 45,676 yuan ($7,313).