Taiwan household income rises 3.3% to NT$1.53m; Hsinchu leads on tech wages
Average total household income in Taiwan reached NT$1,529,000 last year, up 3.3% year on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County posted the highest incomes, driven by the technology sector, while Taipei led in property income a
Average total household income in Taiwan was NT$1,529,000 (US$48,009) last year, up 3.3 per cent from a year earlier, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said. Median disposable household income stood at NT$1,018,000, a 3.4 per cent increase.
Employee compensation remained the primary source of household income, though regional disparities were pronounced. Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County recorded the highest average total household incomes at NT$2,042,000 and NT$2,007,000 respectively, reflecting the dominance of the high-paying technology sector, which boosted salaries, overtime pay and year-end bonuses.
They were followed by Taipei at NT$1,857,000, Taoyuan at NT$1,557,000 and New Taipei City at NT$1,506,000. Employee compensation accounted for more than half of household income in all six special municipalities, Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City.
Other significant income sources included interest, investment returns and property income, such as rental income. Average household property income across Taiwan was NT$76,000 last year. Taipei recorded the highest figure at NT$180,000, representing nearly 10 per cent of the city’s average household income. DGBAS cautioned, however, that its data do not separate rental income from other property income sufficiently to identify the main driver.
Hsinchu City was the only other administrative division where property income exceeded NT$100,000, at NT$131,000. DGBAS noted that gains from buying and selling stocks or funds were excluded from household-income calculations because they are treated as changes in wealth rather than income, even though Taiwanese stocks — especially shares in artificial intelligence companies — surged last year.
