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Salary Structure

In Taiwan, total salary for employed workers generally includes a basic regular monthly salary (including
base pay and fixed monthly allowances and bonuses) and irregular wages (including overtime pay,
year-end bonuses, and non-monthly performance bonuses).
Average Full-time Monthly Wages in the Five Major Industries with
Foreign Investment (Units: NT$) Advantageous Environment

Manufacturing Publishing,
audio-visual Finance Professional,
Wholesale Scientific and
Electronic and retail production, and Technical
Components dissemination, insurance Services
Manufacturing and ICT services

Executives and Supervisors 78,746 106,741 72,253 95,096 113,821 82,757
Professionals 63,281 73,407 55,163 63,847 68,913 60,425

Technicians and Associate 43,020 45,358 42,789 49,288 56,872 40,629
Professionals

Clerical Support 35,939 42,345 35,306 37,802 49,758 34,763
Service and Sales 35,610 35,946 33,434 39,812 51,307 32,779

Artisans, Machinery 33,656 36,088 35,882 46,606 45,083 35,968
Operators, and Assemblers

Basic Laborers 29,696 33,494 31,503 30,824 39,016 30,425
Source: Ministry of Labor (https://www.mol.gov.tw/) July 2022 survey of job categories

Labor Regulations

¾ Wages and Working Hours

Taiwan has a comprehensive labor rights protection system based primarily on the Labor Standards
Act, the provisions of which stipulate the basic wage, working hours, weekends and holidays, and
other basic working conditions.

With respect to employee salaries and working hours, the base wage is NT$27,470 per month and
NT$183 per hour. Normal working hours may not exceed 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.

Regular Working Days Off
Category Hours Notes
Daily Weekly Total Regular Leave Rest Day Total
At least 1 day every At least 1 day every
Regular 8 40 40 2 days
7 days 7 days
2-week flexible Minimum 1 day for Minimum 2 days for
working hours 10 48 80 each 7 days each 2 weeks 4 days Limited to designated
industries and
4-week flexible Minimum 2 days for Minimum 4 days for must be agreed to
working hours 10 -- 160 each 2 weeks each 4 weeks 8 days by labor union or
labor-management
8-week flexible Minimum 1 day for Minimum 8 days for conference
working hours 8 48 320 each 7 days each 8 weeks 16 days

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