l health; urban household registrationРhave obvious advantages relative to rural in the employment opportunities and laborРremuneration. Gender has a significant positive impact on the wage rate ofРmiddle-aged and older employment groups, which shows that there is a significantРgender wage difference in China's labor market. Each health variable has a significantРeffect on the working rate of rural middle-aged people.the same as the overall sample,Рthe effect of physical health on wage rate is greater than that of mental health, whileРthe effect of health on the urban group is not significant, the effect of gender on theРrural elderly wage rate effect is greater than the town. In the regression of male andРfemale, all the health variables had significant effect on the wage rate of maleР VI