Average take-home pay rises in June‘POSITIVE MOVEMENTS’: Monthly wages increased as the COVID-19 outbreak eased in Taiwan and most companies emerged from its effects, the DGBAS saidBy Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterAverage monthly take-home pay in June rose 1.41 percent from a year earlier to NT$42,352, while total wages including overtime and performance-based compensation increased 4.09 percent to NT$50,581, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday. By sector, airline employees had the highest monthly take-home pay at NT$65,728, while workers at financial and insurance companies enjoyed the highest total wages at NT$84,405, aided by the distribution of bonuses, the agency said. People worked an average of 168 hours in June, an increase of 5.4 hours from one month earlier, the agency said. Overtime pay averaged NT$1,675, a drop of 2.73 percent from May, it said. For the first six months of this year, average take-home pay advanced 1.47 percent to NT$42,277 per month, while total wages increased 1.03 percent to NT$57,505 per month, it said.

Source: Taipei Times August 10, 2020 16:00 UTC