Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-03-01
The Ministry of Labor says that the hourly pay for men in Taiwan was about 14% more than for women in 2017.
According to a new ministry report on the gender gap out on Thursday, the average hourly pay for women in 2017 was NT$271, while pay for men was NT$315. In US dollars, that’s an average hourly pay of US$9.20 for women and US$10.70 for men.
The labor ministry said that women in Taiwan would need to work an extra 52 days a year to make up for that difference. [FULL STORY]
