Taipei, July. 22 (CNA) Employees in the electricity and gas supply sector earn the highest monthly salary in Taiwan, according to data from the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) valid for 2017.
The data, released in February, showed that workers in that sector earn NT$94,551 (US$3,091) per month on average in regular wages, which exclude overtime pay and bonuses.
The second highest paying jobs were in the finance, insurance and real estate sector, where employees were earning an average NT$86,294 (US$2,821) per month, according to the data.
In the information and communication business, the average monthly pay was NT$69,022 (US$2,256), the DGBAS data showed.
According to the statistics, the number of employees earning top dollar in the electricity and gas supply sector totaled only about 30,000 nationwide, compared with 380,000 in the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and 200,000 in information and communication.
In 2017, the average monthly wage in Taiwan, which comprises regular and extra pay, was at a record high of NT$49,989 (US$1,760), an increase of 2.46 percent from a year earlier, as result of an economic recovery, the DGBAS said.
