Real estate agent and property developer JSL Construction & Development Co (愛山林) led the average compensation rankings among companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) last year, while contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) finished 14th.
JSL Construction paid its employees total average compensation of NT$4.78 million (US$159,701), down 13.5 percent from a year earlier, but still ahead of the most profitable listed tech giants, including TSMC, TWSE data showed.
Last year, the average compensation (which includes salary, overtime, bonuses and allowances) paid by TSMC rose 21.6 percent to reach about NT$3.33 million, lifting its ranking by 10 notches from a year earlier to the 14th-highest among listed companies.
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Communication network IC designer Realtek Semiconductor Corp (瑞昱) was second with average compensation of NT$4.75 million, ahead of smartphone IC designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) with NT$4.63 million, IC packaging and testing services provider ASE Technology Holding Co (日月光) with NT$4.49 million and conglomerate Namchow Holdings Co (南僑) with NT$4.12 million.
High-speed interface transmission chip designer Asmedia Technology Inc (祥碩) was sixth with NT$4.098 million in total compensation, followed by investment firm GTM Holdings Corp (勤益) with NT$4 million and printed circuit board maker Global Brands Manufacture Ltd (精成) with NT$3.79 million.
TSMC’s application-specific integrated circuit design unit Global Unichip Corp (創意) followed with NT$3.63 million, ahead of MediaTek’s wireless communications chip design unit Airoha Technology Corp (達發) with NT$3.59 million.
On the over-the-counter (OTC) market, cloud solution provider Aspeed Technology Inc (信驊) took the top spot, paying its employees almost NT$5.46 million in average compensation last year, ahead of game developer International Games System Co (鈊象) with NT$4 million, according to the Taipei Exchange, which runs the OTC market.
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