MediaTek Inc (聯發科) paid the highest average annual compensation to non-managerial full-time employees of any of Taiwan’s listed companies, according to a report published by Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp (TWSE) yesterday.
MediaTek’s non-managerial employees earned NT$3.754 million (US$115,384) on average last year in total compensation, which includes regular salary and monthly stipends, overtime pay, and irregular income such as bonuses, allowances and profit distributions.
Though the figure was down 22.8 percent from the previous year, MediaTek still ranked first in the category for the third consecutive year, the TWSE said.
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A total of six listed companies paid non-managerial employees average compensation of over NT$3 million last year, with IC design companies taking four of those places, exchange data showed.
In second place was Novatek Microelectronics Corp (聯詠), with average annual compensation of NT $3.712 million, followed by JSL Construction & Development Co (愛山林) with NT$3.659 million, and Bestec Power Electronics Co (聯德) with NT$3.581 million.
The other two above the NT$3 million threshold were Realtek Semiconductor Corp (瑞昱) with NT$3.149 million and Global Unichip Corp (創意) with NT$3.134 million.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, saw its average compensation for non-managerial full-time employees fall 10.2 percent to NT$2.842 million last year, ranking seventh, according to the report.
In terms of median compensation, which may provide a more accurate look at overall compensation levels because it eliminates outliers, Bestec led the pack at NT$3.749 million, followed by MediaTek with NT$3.094 million and Novatek with NT$3.028 million.
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