Employment quality is a comprehensive reflection of the employment status of workers, and improving the quality of employment is an important means to achieve common prosperity. Based on CLDS 2018 microdata, this paper adopts the AF double-column method to construct a multidimensional employment quality indicator system of Chinese labor force from three dimensions: labor income, job stability, and working conditions. The results show that the employment quality of Chinese labor force is not high, with 56% of the labor force suffering from multidimensional employment deprivation, and the average degree of deprivation was 51%. There are significant differences among regions. The quality of employment is higher in the eastern region, followed by the central region and the western region having the lowest. The deprivation rate of the three indicators of not signing labor contract, not signing labor security and overtime work were all over 40%, which were the main manifestation of employment deprivation. The stability of workers’ employment and the degree of employment security are not high. It is difficult for informal employment workers to accumulate work experience and form a career. The labor market doesn’t pay much for work experience. Household registration and education level are important factors affecting the quality of multi-dimensional employment. The lower the rural household registration and education level, the higher the possibility of multi-dimensional employment deprivation. The employment quality of highly-educated workers is significantly better than that of middle- and low-educated workers. Rural low-skilled laborers are in a disadvantaged position. The construction of the multi-dimensional employment quality index provides a micro-perspective of China’ s labor market, providing information support for the government to improve the quality of employment, and regulate the labor market.
