The wage gap on the island continues to widen, hitting a new high in the past five years

Mondo Finance Updated on 2024-01-19

According to Taiwan's "China Times", data from Taiwan's statistics department showed that the gap between the highest salary of 10% and the minimum salary of 10% on the island increased from 4 percent in the previous year09 times expanded to 412 times, showing that the salary gap between high-income and low-income people continues to widen, and the multiple has hit a new high in the past five years.

Taiwan's statistics department announced on November 30 that the median annual total salary of all employed workers in the industrial and service industries in 2022 was 5180,000 yuan (NT$, the same below), an increase of 2 over the previous year37%, with an average gross salary of 6930,000 yuan.

However, statistics show that in the decile range, 10% of the minimum salary, the total annual salary is only 3060,000 yuan, which is converted into a monthly salary of about 2550,000 yuan. Last year, the total number of employees was 81710,000 people, but 40850,000 employees earn less than 51 percent of the median total salary80,000 yuan, the monthly salary of this group of employees is less than 430,000 yuan.

Wu Daren, executive director of the Taiwan Economic Development Research Center of Taiwan's "** University", said that the monthly salary is less than 430,000, after deducting the rent, in the era of high prices, the huge pressure of life may be out of breath.

According to the survey, there are many industries with an average total salary of less than the median and a large number of people, including accommodation and catering, arts, entertainment and leisure services, wholesale and retail trade, etc. The industries with the highest median total wages for the year were electricity and gas**, finance and insurance, which ranked first in each industry.

1. 2nd place. (*China Taiwan Network).

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