Highest paying jobs in Taiwan
The 30 best-paid jobs in Taiwan, ranked by the average yearly earnings of full-time employees. Where pay is published for a group of related jobs, the row lists every career that shares its figure.
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Ranked by average pay
Aircraft Pilots and Related Associate Professionals: NT$3,931,000
Managing Directors and Chief Executives: NT$2,765,000
Medical Doctors; Dentists; Doctors of Chinese Medicine: NT$2,497,000
Telecommunications Engineers: NT$1,828,000
Ships' Engineers; Ships' Deck Officers and Pilots: NT$1,723,000
Athletes and Sports Players: NT$1,692,000
Middle managers: NT$1,625,000
Advertising and Public Relations Managers, Aged Care Service Managers, Construction Managers, Education Managers, Establishment Services Managers Not Elsewhere Classified, Finance Managers, Financial and Insurance Services Branch Managers, Health Service Managers, Hotel Managers, Human Resource Managers, Information and Communications Technology Service Managers, Manufacturing Managers, Mining Managers, Other Business Services and Administration Managers, Other Professional Services Managers, Research and Development Managers, Restaurant Managers, Sales and Marketing Managers, Social Welfare Managers, Sports, Recreation and Cultural Center Managers, Supply, Distribution and Storage Managers, Wholesale and Retail Trade Managers
Lawyers and Public Advocates: NT$1,580,000
Securities and Finance Dealers and Brokers: NT$1,538,000
Financial and Investment Advisers: NT$1,468,000
Electrical Engineers; Electronics Engineers: NT$1,406,000
Mathematicians, Actuaries and Statisticians: NT$1,289,000
Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Related Professionals: NT$1,283,000
Information and communications professionals: NT$1,213,000
Computer Network Professionals, Database Designers and Administrators, Other Database and Network Professionals, Other Software and Applications Developers and Analysts, Software Developers and Programmers, Systems Administrators, Systems Analysts and Designers, Web and Multimedia Developers
Chemical Engineers: NT$1,192,000
Credit and Loans Officers: NT$1,169,000
Telecommunications Engineering Technicians: NT$1,161,000
Statistical, Mathematical and Actuarial Associate Professionals: NT$1,141,000
Statistical, Mathematical and Actuarial Associate Professionals
Other Engineering Professionals: NT$1,121,000
Physical and earth science researchers: NT$1,116,000
Chemists, Geologists and Geophysicists, Meteorologists, Physicists and Astronomers
Air Traffic Controllers: NT$1,116,000
Mechanical Engineers: NT$1,085,000
Accounting Professionals: NT$1,077,000
Organization and Policy Administration Professionals: NT$1,035,000
Insurance Representatives: NT$1,013,000
Industrial and Production Engineers: NT$1,009,000
Ships' deck Crews and Related Workers: NT$1,006,000
Aircraft Engine Mechanics and Repairers: NT$997,000
Site and office supervisors: NT$981,000
Construction Supervisors, Manufacturing Supervisors, Mining Supervisors, Office Supervisors
Statistical, Finance and Insurance Clerks: NT$968,000
Average total earnings in 2024 of full-time employees in industry and services who worked the whole year, bonuses included, from 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). A few very high earners pull an average up, so it is usually higher than what a typical worker earns. Source