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Taiwan Salary Structure - 2009
Salary Structure in Taiwan varies with different industries, firm size, and candidate’s criterion including age, academic degree, language proficiency, and work experience. MGR conducted specialized salary report on the basis of our candidate sample and we present you with a concise table stating package ranges, under several job titles in different industries, for both local and foreign enterprises respectively.
Salary Report
Unit: NTD10,000/Package
Job Title Local Foreign
Accounting/Finance Supervisor 70-80 70-110
Manager 100-140 110-160
Director/VP 150-375 180-450
Marketing
(Consumer Industry)
PM 100-130 110-150
GPM 120-155 150-250
Sales
(Consumer Industry)
Manager 100-130 130-180
Director/VP 150-210 250-350
PR Supervisor 65-85 70-90
Manager 90-120 110-160
HR/Personnel Supervisor 65-85 85-105
Manager 80-140 100-175
Director/VP 145-250 160-335
Sales
(High Tech Industry)
Manager 90-150 140-230
Director/VP 150-240 200-420
R&D
(High Tech Industry)
Supervisor 75-100 90-105
Manager 105-150 150-260
Director/VP 170-275 250-385
Legal Manager 150-180 190-250
Director/VP 200-270 250-300
Office Manager Manager 95-115 100-150
Executive Secretary Secretary 70-80 75-105
QA/QC Manager 115-150 150-190
Director/VP 160-245 210-260
MIS/IT Supervisor 60-80 72-110
Manager 72-130 100-180
Director/VP 140-245 160-300
The figures listed above are personal salary income per year, exclusive of stock gains. High-tech companies in Taiwan, however, offer stock bonus, employee stock option, etc according to the yearly performance, which tend to fluctuate dramatically, therefore, we drop the part from our investigation.
Updated candidate salary data, from January 2009 to December 2009, are studied in our salary structure analysis. What have shown here are simplified figures. If you were interested in further information about complete report on salary, please feel free to contact us. Contact Us
Background
Terminology and definition:
A.Local ── Companies with local investor holding more than 50% of the share stake.
B.Foreign ── Companies with foreign investor holding more than 50% of the share stake.
C.Package ── Personal yearly total salary income
  • Inclusive of monthly pay for 12 months, allowance, commission, prize, bonus, achievement reward, Sales performance bonus.
  • Exclusive of stock gains
D.Package range: The first quartile of the sample is designated as the lower bound.
The third quartile of the sample is designated as the upper bound.
*First quartile ── 25% of the sorted sample data are smaller than this value
*Third quartile ── 75% of the sorted sample data are smaller than this value.
E.Average package:Sum of total sample package divided by sample number.
F.Average age:Sample mean age.
G.Supervisor ─ 4~6-years of seniority, directly under department manager.
 Manager ─ 5~10-years of seniority, directly under general manager or assistant manager.
 Director ─ Seniority up to 10 years, directly under general manager.
 VP ─Seniority up to 15 years, directly under general manager.
H.Consumer Industry ─ exclusive of high-tech consumer commodities of Electronics, Engineering, Communication, etc as well as Food, Credit Card, Insurance, Transportation.
Hi-Tech Industry ─ including industries like IC Design, Semiconductor, Electronic Packing and Testing, Electronics, Communication, Internet, IT, PC Peripheral, etc.
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