The gap stood at 14 percent in 2016, down 0.5 percent from the year before.

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/02/24
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s gender wage gap stood at 14 percent in 2016, down 0.5 percent from the year before, according to the latest statistics released by Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) Friday.

Taiwanese women made an average NT$44,168 a month in 2016, the survey said. The figure was 83.61 percent of Taiwanese men’s average monthly income, which stood at NT$52,824.

Meanwhile, the average hourly wage for Taiwanese women was NT$264.6, 86 percent of that of Taiwanese men’s average hourly wage, making it a 14 percent wage gap.
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