Taiwan's Real Regular Wages Up 1.45% in First Three Months, Largest Increase in 11 Years
According to the latest wage statistics released by Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), real regular wages for employees in industrial and service sectors increased by 1.45% year-on-year from January to March this year, marking the largest increase in 11 years for the same period. Real total wages also rose by 1.98%, the largest increase in eight years for the same period, indicating that wage growth has outpaced inflation.
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(Central News Agency reporter Pan Tzu-yu, Taipei, May 11th) The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) today released its latest wage statistics, indicating that from January to March this year, real regular wages for employees in industrial and service sectors increased by 1.45% year-on-year, and real total wages increased by 1.98%. These represent the largest increases for the same period in 11 years and 8 years, respectively, showing that wage growth has outpaced inflation.
According to DGBAS statistics, the average regular wage for all employees in March was NT$48,768, an annual increase of 2.6%. After adding non-regular wages such as bonuses and overtime pay, totaling NT$8,741, the combined average total wage was NT$57,509, an annual increase of 4.4%. This is the largest increase for the same month in 16 years.
Tan Wen-ling, Deputy Director of the DGBAS Census Department, explained that the AI boom continues to ferment, and the related industries are flourishing. Overtime pay, bonuses, and year-end bonuses have all grown, thereby boosting overall total wage performance.
Since the average can be easily skewed by extreme values, DGBAS also released the median regular wage for March, which was NT$39,220, an annual increase of 2.9%, better reflecting the 'wage sentiment' of the general public.
Observing real wage performance adjusted for price factors, real regular wages in the first three months of this year increased by 1.45% year-on-year, setting a new record for the largest increase in 11 years for the same period. Real total wages increased by 1.98%, the largest increase in eight years for the same period. Both continued positive growth, indicating that wage increases have not been eroded by inflation.
However, the outbreak of the US-Iran war at the end of February caused international energy prices to soar, and the impact gradually transmitted to domestic prices. Media asked whether real wages could maintain positive growth later, as the consumer price index (CPI) year-on-year growth rate began to expand in April.
Tan Wen-ling stated that to observe whether the momentum of wage growth continues, if the increase in wages continues to be higher than the increase in prices, real wages can maintain positive growth. (Editor: Lin Chia-hsin) 1150511
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(Central News Agency reporter Pan Tzu-yu, Taipei, May 11th) The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) today released its latest wage statistics, indicating that from January to March this year, real regular wages for employees in industrial and service sectors increased by 1.45% year-on-year, and real total wages increased by 1.98%. These represent the largest increases for the same period in 11 years and 8 years, respectively, showing that wage growth has outpaced inflation.
According to DGBAS statistics, the average regular wage for all employees in March was NT$48,768, an annual increase of 2.6%. After adding non-regular wages such as bonuses and overtime pay, totaling NT$8,741, the combined average total wage was NT$57,509, an annual increase of 4.4%. This is the largest increase for the same month in 16 years.
Tan Wen-ling, Deputy Director of the DGBAS Census Department, explained that the AI boom continues to ferment, and the related industries are flourishing. Overtime pay, bonuses, and year-end bonuses have all grown, thereby boosting overall total wage performance.
Since the average can be easily skewed by extreme values, DGBAS also released the median regular wage for March, which was NT$39,220, an annual increase of 2.9%, better reflecting the 'wage sentiment' of the general public.
Observing real wage performance adjusted for price factors, real regular wages in the first three months of this year increased by 1.45% year-on-year, setting a new record for the largest increase in 11 years for the same period. Real total wages increased by 1.98%, the largest increase in eight years for the same period. Both continued positive growth, indicating that wage increases have not been eroded by inflation.
However, the outbreak of the US-Iran war at the end of February caused international energy prices to soar, and the impact gradually transmitted to domestic prices. Media asked whether real wages could maintain positive growth later, as the consumer price index (CPI) year-on-year growth rate began to expand in April.
Tan Wen-ling stated that to observe whether the momentum of wage growth continues, if the increase in wages continues to be higher than the increase in prices, real wages can maintain positive growth. (Editor: Lin Chia-hsin) 1150511
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