Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: how to get into this work
Health professionals not covered by 2291 to 2295, such as respiratory therapists and hospital administrators.
Ways in
- University department: Health & Public Health degrees, Offered by 18 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a respiratory therapist you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 呼吸治療師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 29.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$856,000 a year
- Demand for Health and care jobs is projected at about 774,000 in 2024 and about 876,000 in 2030. (+13.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: how do I get into this work?
Ways in include: Health & Public Health degrees.
Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: how much does this work pay in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$856,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: is this work growing in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: will AI change this work?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026