At the end of the year, major companies are about to draw prizes at the end of the year. According to the 104 Labor Bank survey, 68% of companies expect to pay year-end bonuses, with an average of 1.56 months, with the semiconductor industry expecti...
At the end of the year, major companies are about to draw prizes at the end of the year. According to the 104 Labor Bank survey, 68% of companies expect to pay year-end bonuses, with an average of 1.56 months, with the semiconductor industry expecting the highest at 1.98 months. Luo Yuehua, a senior consultant at the 104 School of Human Resources, suggested that the trend of increasing M-shaped salaries has put greater pressure on the demand for talents in relatively low-wage industries. It is recommended that companies simultaneously strengthen their employer brand with benefits and brand image to attract enthusiastic talents to join.
Overview 104 The School of Human Resources' "2025-2026 Taiwan Salary and Benefits Survey Report" collects the salary database of more than a thousand companies and more than 500,000 workers. The median total salary in 2025 is 673,000 yuan. Driven by the AI digital transformation trend, the front-end classes of high-paying industries are led by the technology industry and the financial industry. High-paying positions include analog IC design engineers with 1.708 million yuan, and digital IC designers. 1.653 million yuan, as well as 2.118 million yuan for doctors with high professional thresholds and 1.574 million yuan for investment managers.
Taking a closer look at the year-end of each industry, the top five high-paying industries are the semiconductor industry 1.98 months, the construction industry 1.73 months, the warehousing or transportation auxiliary industry 1.67 months, the architectural planning and design industry 1.61 months, and the electronic component-related industry 1.6 months. These high-bonus industries mostly have the characteristics of high profits or high technology thresholds, and can still maintain stable reward levels in a changing economic environment.
The top five low-income industries at the end of the year include publishing and art-related industries for 0.78 months, accommodation services for 0.97 months, catering services for 1.07 months, sports, tourism and leisure industries for 1.14 months, and mass communication-related industries for 1.18 months. Most of the low-bonus industries belong to domestic demand-oriented service industries with limited prosperity and labor-intensive operations, and their operations are more susceptible to market fluctuations.
Overview, the overall median annual salary (including fixed annual salary, fixed bonus, and variable bonus) in Taiwan in 2025 is NT$673,000. Among them, the technology and financial industries continue to dominate the top of the salary pyramid with their strong profitability and high demand for key talents. The top five industries with the highest annual salary are computer and consumer electronics manufacturing NT$897,000, semiconductor industry NT$848,000, and investment and financial management-related industries NT$79.2 Ten thousand yuan, software and network-related industries 792,000 yuan, financial institutions and related industries 792,000 yuan.
Luo Yuehua analyzed that AI applications, cloud computing, and smart devices have driven the upgrade of technology and financial services. In addition, Taiwan plays a key role in the global supply chain of semiconductor and electronic manufacturing, which directly boosts the profit performance and salary levels of technology and finance-related industries.
In summary, high-paying jobs in 2025 generally have the characteristics of "high technical threshold" or "direct revenue contribution". Looking at the "engineering category" that is the core competitiveness of Taiwan's industry, the top five high-paying jobs include analog IC design engineers with NT$1.708 million, digital IC design engineers with NT$1.653 million, semiconductor engineers with NT$1.174 million, firmware engineers with NT$1.161 million, and semiconductor process engineers with NT$108. Ten thousand yuan, this kind of talent has extremely high technical threshold, such as integrating multiple cross-field knowledge such as motors and software.
The top five highest-paying positions in "non-engineering" categories are physicians with RMB 2.118 million, channel developers with RMB 1.574 million, investment managers with RMB 1.201 million, professors/associate professors/assistant professors with RMB 1.148 million, and telemarketers with RMB 1.086 million. Ten thousand yuan, which shows the high professional threshold and the salary power brought by professional licenses. When the position can directly generate revenue or has a clear performance-oriented reward mechanism, there is an opportunity to obtain higher salary remuneration.
It is worth noting that million-dollar annual salaries are not exclusive to supervisory positions. In positions such as R&D technology (such as hardware R&D engineers, power supply engineers), information technology (such as network security analysts, data scientists), professional consultants (such as accountants, lawyers), and sales services (such as car salespersons, flight attendants), many non-supervisory professional positions also have the potential to challenge million-dollar annual salaries.
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