ACTUAL EARNINGS DROP DUE TO RISE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX|物價漲過薪水 1-8月實質薪資比同期少

According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, average regular earnings from January to August this year were higher than that of last year. However, as the consumer price index increases, the actual salary is in fact lower than that of last year. Walking into the office and sitting at her desk, Tuan Yu-Ju, who is familiar with word processing software, works hard to pay her expenses off. Tuan's monthly salary of NT$ 36,000 pays her NT$7,000 rent, NT$ 5,000 student loan, and NT$ 10,000 living expenses. She also gives her parents NT$5,000, so she cannot save much each month. She feels frustrated as her salary does not beat the inflation rate. ==TUAN YU-JU, white-collar worker== Salaries have not been raised for a long time. Prices are rising every year. For example instant snack noodles, and "Yakult", a probiotic dairy product, have raised their prices a lot. However, my salary remains the same. I feel that my savings are getting smaller every year. ==LI TA-HUA, job bank vice president == Even if there is a rise in salaries, it is more difficult to live now, compared with the past. This is because consumer price rise faster than salaries. According to the DGBAS, the average regular wage from January to August this year was NT$ 39,146, which is a 1.37% increase over the same period last year. However, taking the consumer price index into consideration, the average regular wage was only NT$ 37,428, which is actually 1.2% less than that of last year. ==SUN MING-TE, Economic Forecast Center Director, TIER== Last year, the consumer price hardly rose, so we could see a more obvious rise in salaries. However, in the past two or three months, the consumer price index rose more quickly due to typhoons. I think the situation will only last for a short period of time. The government can issue some measurements to stabilize consumer prices. DGBAS also pointed out that there was a decrease of just over 10,000 in September's unemployment rate, compared to August. The figure shows that more and more university graduates have found a job, and that the job market is taking a good turn. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 走進辦公室，坐在座位上，熟悉操作文書軟體，小資女段小姐、上班時工作認真，但是她抱怨薪水已經好久沒漲。以段小姐的月收入平均3萬6來算，每個月要付7000元房租，學貸 5000元、每個月還要給父母孝親費 5000元、再扣掉自己的生活費1萬元，算下來每個月存不到萬元。而對於薪水漲的速度，趕不上物價，她相當有感。 ==上班族 段友儒== 薪水一直都沒有漲 但物價每年不斷攀升 以前科學麵 養樂多之類的 那現在也是漲了很多 但薪水都還是一樣 所以我覺得每一年的存款 好像變薄了 ==人力銀行副總經理 李大華== 確實薪水跟物價來比 就算增加了 也好像跟過去的生活來比 還是有點困難 因為物價漲得更快一點 根據主計總處資料顯示，今年1到8月經常性薪資平均為3萬9146元，年增1.37%，但扣除掉同期消費者物價指數上漲的1.38%，1到8月經常性實質薪資為3萬7428元，比去年同期少了1.2%。 ==台經院景氣預測中心主任 孫明德== 去年台灣物價幾乎沒有漲 那我們薪資上漲幅度 就比較明顯 最近這兩三個月 可能因為颱風的問題 所以物價上漲比較快 我想這是一個短時間現象 那短期的物價上漲 政府可以做一些平抑的措施 此外，主計總處也公布了9月失業率，呈現下降趨勢，比8月少了1萬1000人。除了畢業生陸續找到工作，也代表目前就業市場狀況，有微幅好轉的趨勢。 記者 王柏文 吳嘉堡 台北報導