The average age of employees in Taiwan's industrial and service industries is over 40 years old, reaching a new high in the past decade

China News Service, Taipei, October 19. The latest statistics from the Taiwan authorities' Accounting and Accounting Office show that the average age of employees employed in Taiwan's industrial and service industries reached 40.6 years old at the end of 2025, with the proportion of employees over 45 years old rising to 34.4%, a record high in the past decade.

According to the "Economic Daily", Lianhe News Network and other Taiwanese media reported on the 19th, according to the "Statistical Results on the Progress and Characteristics of Employees in the Industrial and Service Sector in 2025" released by the "General Accounting Office", the proportion of employees over 45 years old in Taiwan increased from 32% at the end of 2016 to 34.4% at the end of 2025, and is showing a rising trend year by year.

In comparison, the proportion of young and middle-aged employees aged 25 to 44 dropped from 59.6% at the end of 2016 to 57.4% at the end of 2025, and the proportion of employees under 25 years old dropped from 8.5% to 8.3%. With the increase in the proportion of middle-aged and elderly employees, the average age of the overall employees has also increased from 39.8 years old to 40.6 years old.

In addition, according to statistics from the "General Accounting Office", in 2025, the entry rate of Taiwan's industrial and service industry employees will be 2.35%, the exit rate will be 2.29%, and the turnover rate will be 2.32%.

Judging from the progress and withdrawal of employees of all age groups, the exit rate of employees aged 35 and above is higher than the entry rate, and the gap between the entry rate and exit rate of employees aged 55 and above has further widened. The entry rate for employees aged 65 and above is only 0.98%, but the exit rate is 3.01%.

The statistics also show that the employee turnover rate is related to the size of the company. As the scale of the company expands, this statistic shows a trend of rising first and then falling. Among them, the turnover rate of companies with 200 to 299 people was 2.68%; the turnover rate of companies with 300 to 499 people dropped slightly to 2.64%; the turnover rate of companies with 500 people and above dropped sharply to 2.01%, which is the category with the lowest turnover rate among companies of all sizes.