Executive Yuan Deliberates 2027 Military, Civil Servant, and Teacher Salaries; Education Group Calls for 10% Pay Raise
As the Executive Yuan begins deliberating salary adjustments for military personnel, civil servants, and teachers in 2027, the National Federation of Teachers' Unions (NFTU) has called for a 20% increase in professional and academic research allowances, and an overall 10% pay raise for 2027, citing past wage stagnation and economic growth disparities.
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(Central News Agency reporter Hsu Chih-wei, Taipei 27th) As the Executive Yuan initiates discussions on salary adjustments for military personnel, civil servants, and teachers in 2027, the National Federation of Teachers' Unions (NFTU) today called for a prior adjustment of 20% for professional and academic research allowances to restore the market competitiveness of teaching positions. Considering recent economic growth, they urged that the 2027 pay raise ratio should be implemented at 10%.
The National Federation of Teachers' Unions issued a press release today stating that although the government has recognized the severe outflow of public education talent, the adjustment plan still maintains an opaque, black-box review and political charity, making it difficult to salvage the collapsed attractiveness of teaching positions. The government should immediately end the 'endowment-style' distribution mindset, and based on scientific indicators, remedy the injustice of distribution over the past decade, implementing institutionalized pay raises with professional value.
NFTU President Hou Chun-liang stated that over the past decade, Taiwan's per capita GDP has grown by as much as 93.2%, but the cumulative adjustment in public education salaries during the same period was only 14.7%. This shows that the growth in public education salaries has severely decoupled from the national economic strength, leading public education personnel to become the 'de facto new poor' under prosperity, long excluded from distributive justice.
Regarding the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan's plan to first propose a 'significant adjustment to the allowance schedule,' the NFTU believes that the long-term shrinkage of professional allowances has led to the depletion of the education talent pool. In contrast, the 'minimum wage' increased by 47.4% during the same period, creating a 32.7% gap with public education. As private sector wages rise with economic expansion, the professional value of teaching positions has been ruthlessly diluted under budget constraints, naturally leading to a lack of interest in public education vacancies.
The NFTU advocates that the 2027 salary adjustment for military personnel, civil servants, and teachers should not be a 'casual slight adjustment' based on political winds, but a 'structural repair' that responds to data. They called for professional and academic research allowances to be adjusted by 20% first to restore the market competitiveness of teaching positions and stop the bleeding of professional talent outflow.
Additionally, the NFTU mentioned that considering the strong economic growth of 16.39% accumulated in 2025 and 2026, coupled with zero pay raises this year, the overall pay raise for 2027 should be set at least at 10%. This would offset the real purchasing power deficit caused by the rise in the consumer price index and民生物價 over the past decade, fulfilling the government's promise to 'share the fruits of growth.' (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150427
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(Central News Agency reporter Hsu Chih-wei, Taipei 27th) As the Executive Yuan initiates discussions on salary adjustments for military personnel, civil servants, and teachers in 2027, the National Federation of Teachers' Unions (NFTU) today called for a prior adjustment of 20% for professional and academic research allowances to restore the market competitiveness of teaching positions. Considering recent economic growth, they urged that the 2027 pay raise ratio should be implemented at 10%.
The National Federation of Teachers' Unions issued a press release today stating that although the government has recognized the severe outflow of public education talent, the adjustment plan still maintains an opaque, black-box review and political charity, making it difficult to salvage the collapsed attractiveness of teaching positions. The government should immediately end the 'endowment-style' distribution mindset, and based on scientific indicators, remedy the injustice of distribution over the past decade, implementing institutionalized pay raises with professional value.
NFTU President Hou Chun-liang stated that over the past decade, Taiwan's per capita GDP has grown by as much as 93.2%, but the cumulative adjustment in public education salaries during the same period was only 14.7%. This shows that the growth in public education salaries has severely decoupled from the national economic strength, leading public education personnel to become the 'de facto new poor' under prosperity, long excluded from distributive justice.
Regarding the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan's plan to first propose a 'significant adjustment to the allowance schedule,' the NFTU believes that the long-term shrinkage of professional allowances has led to the depletion of the education talent pool. In contrast, the 'minimum wage' increased by 47.4% during the same period, creating a 32.7% gap with public education. As private sector wages rise with economic expansion, the professional value of teaching positions has been ruthlessly diluted under budget constraints, naturally leading to a lack of interest in public education vacancies.
The NFTU advocates that the 2027 salary adjustment for military personnel, civil servants, and teachers should not be a 'casual slight adjustment' based on political winds, but a 'structural repair' that responds to data. They called for professional and academic research allowances to be adjusted by 20% first to restore the market competitiveness of teaching positions and stop the bleeding of professional talent outflow.
Additionally, the NFTU mentioned that considering the strong economic growth of 16.39% accumulated in 2025 and 2026, coupled with zero pay raises this year, the overall pay raise for 2027 should be set at least at 10%. This would offset the real purchasing power deficit caused by the rise in the consumer price index and民生物價 over the past decade, fulfilling the government's promise to 'share the fruits of growth.' (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150427
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