MEDIAN WAGE 2016 DECLINES, FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS|去年薪資中位數40612元 3年來首度下降

According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, last year, the median monthly salary of a full-time worker was NT$40,612, a 0.6 percent drop compared to 2015. It fell for the first time in three years, marking the highest percentage drop since 2013. Around 10 percent employees received a median monthly salary less than NT$ 25,127, showing that Taiwan's salary distribution is skewing towards lower-salaries. The 26-year-old has graduated from university for four years. Over the past four years, he has had experience working as a store staff, sales specialist, customer service staff, waiter and telemarketing staff. However, he never received a monthly salary over NT$30,000 for a job. ==EMPLOYEE== I have to give my parents around NT$17,000 a month. If you have a monthly salary of NT$25,000 or NT$26,000, you will only have NT$9,000 to use every month. According to the DGBAS's report on industry and the service industry, last year, the median monthly salary of a full-time worker was NT$40,612, which saw a 0.6 percent drop from 2015. The number fell for the first time in three years, marking the highest percentage drop since 2013. Around 10 percent employees received a monthly salary less than NT$ 25,127. Taking the 1 percent increase in CPI into consideration, they suffered a greater loss in actual salary. Experts said that a decrease in the median monthly salary means that Taiwan's salary distribution is skewing towards lower-salaries. ==HSIN PING-LUNG Assoc. Prof., NTU Graduate Institute of National Development== Low salaries will make the entire salary distribution skew to the lower end. When low salaries spread to people in the upper-income class, there will be an issue of brain drain. The situation will continue to worsen. In recent years, a lot of university students choose to work overseas once they graduated. Experts said that low salaries have always been a problem in the service industry. Low employment and expertise thresholds are what account for it. To solve the problem, the government should accelerate upgrading of industries and boost the economy to create more jobs. Moreover, policies on manpower distribution have to be adjusted. Otherwise, Taiwan will suffer an even more serious brain drain. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 主計總處公布去年工業及服務業，每人每月總薪資，包括本薪、獎金等，中位數是，4萬0612元，比前年減少0.6%，是3年來首度下滑，也是4年來，下滑最高幅度，資料也顯示受雇員工中有10%薪資低於2萬5,127元，這也代表國內薪資分布向低薪方向集中。 今年26歲的阿仁，大學畢業已經4年，他當過門市、業務、客服、餐飲、電話行銷，但每一份薪水都無法超過3萬元。 ==上班族 阿仁== 我有孝親費的問題 就是1萬7左右 我剛剛說的 如果你平均下來 只有25K或26K的話 每個月只有9千塊可以運用 主計總處公布去年工業及服務業每人每月總薪資，包含本薪、獎金、加班費等，中位數為4萬0612元，比104年減少0.6%，是3年來首度下滑，也是4年來下滑最高幅度，資料中也顯示，受雇員工中有10%薪資低於2萬5127元，如果將去年物價上漲1%考慮進去，實際薪資減幅更大。學者表示，去年薪資中位數比前年下降，代表國內的薪資分布、又向低薪的方向集中。 ==台大國發所副教授 辛炳隆== 低薪會讓整個薪資分配是往低薪 往左邊去拉的時候 低薪會往上擴 擴大到所謂中所得的人 甚至中上所得的人 如果連這群人 都也面臨薪資在下降 這樣一個威脅的時候 人才外移問題會越來越嚴重 所以可以看的出來 最近很多大學畢業生 也因此常到海外去就業 學者認為，服務業因為就業門檻低，替代性又高，低薪問題一直存在。政府除了靠產業升級、經濟活絡創造職缺外，在人力供給政策也必須做調整，否則台灣人才外移的情況會越來越嚴重。 記者 吳雅瑜 林國煌 台北報導