Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/29
By: Chang Hsiung-feng and intern Wang Jia-ling

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Full-time workers with tertiary education received NT$34,278 per month in starting salary on average in 2018, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Labor Wednesday.

Ph.D graduates received the highest average monthly pay of NT$67,495. Masters degree holders ranked second with NT$49,017. Junior college graduates received NT$31,331, which was NT$909 more than the average for those with bachelors degrees, the statistics showed.

Also in 2018, graduates working in the financial and insurance industry earned the highest wages, averaging NT$43,508 per month. Graduates working in the electricity and gas businesses made NT$39,947 while those in the manufacturing sector received NT$37,325.    [FULL  STORY]