Salary Map 4》Zhuke's high salary does not spill over, the accommodation and catering industry is "salary hard"

Taking the "accommodation and catering industry" with the lowest wage as an example, Hsinchu City is only 30,695 yuan, and Hsinchu County is as low as 29,202 yuan. Not only is it close to the minimum wage but lower than the national average, it also loses to Taipei City and Taoyuan City. (File photo)

[Reporter Gao Jiahe/Taipei Report] Hsinchu County and City, where the Zhuke town is located, have the highest average retiring wages among all counties and cities, but the effect of high wages has not spilled over to other industries. Taking the "accommodation and catering industry" with the lowest wage as an example, Hsinchu City is only 30,695 yuan, and Hsinchu County is as low as 29,202 yuan. Not only is it close to the minimum wage but lower than the national average, it also loses to Taipei City and Taoyuan City.

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According to the latest labor retirement wage statistics, the three largest low-wage industries are "accommodation and catering industry" with only 30,725 yuan, followed by "support services industry" and "arts, entertainment and leisure services industry" with only 36,593 yuan and 38,110 yuan respectively. These three industries employ a total of 961,375 workers, accounting for 12.3% of the total number of 7.81 million workers in the country; that is, one out of every eight workers in Taiwan is engaged in the three major low-wage service industries.

Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, where Zhuke is located, have average wages of 76,282 yuan and 61,137 yuan respectively, leading all counties and cities in Taiwan. However, the high salary of Zhuke engineers has not led to an increase in wages in the local grassroots service industry.

Taking the "accommodation and catering industry" as an example, the average salary in Hsinchu City is only 30,695 yuan and that in Hsinchu County is only 29,202 yuan. Not only is it lower than the national average, it also loses to Taipei City's 32,348 yuan and Taoyuan City's 31,883 yuan. In the "support service industry" part, the average salary in Hsinchu City is 35,636 yuan, lagging behind Taipei. The city's 43,029 yuan and New Taipei City's 36,299 yuan; although Hsinchu County's 38,736 yuan, it has not surpassed Taipei City; in the "arts, entertainment and leisure service industry" section, Hsinchu City's average salary is 37,737 yuan, and Hsinchu County's is about 39,050 yuan, still lower than Taipei City's 42,460 yuan.

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