Staff writer, with CNA
The average pay to employees by ASE Technology Holding Co (日月光投控) was the highest among the companies listed on the local main board last year, while contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) ranked seventh, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) said on Monday. Data compiled by the exchange showed ASE Technology, the world’s largest chip packaging and testing services provider, paid its employees an average of NT$6.28 million (US$199,746) last year, up 40 percent from a year earlier. TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker and the most profitable company in Taiwan, paid its employees NT$4.09 million on average, up 22.9 percent from a year earlier.
ASE Technology Holding Co’s plant in Kaohsiung is pictured on Nov. 1 last year.
According to the TWSE, the pay disclosed by the listed companies included salaries, insurance payments, pensions and other welfare benefits, but excluded pay to their board members. High-speed chip designer ASMedia Technology Inc (祥碩科技) took the second spot after paying its employees an average of NT$5.66 million. It was followed by printed circuit board maker Global Brands Manufacture Ltd (精成科技) at NT$4.87 million, smartphone chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) at NT$4.60 million, and communications network chip designer Realtek Semiconductor Corp (瑞昱半導體) at NT$4.51 million.
