The Ministry of Labor yesterday in its annual migrant worker survey said that migrant workers earned an average of NT$33,000 per month last year in the construction and industrial sectors, and NT$24,000 for domestic care work.
The survey was conducted in July and August last year, receiving 8,554 responses — 4,538 from businesses and 4,016 from household employers.
The NT$33,000 monthly salary for those working in the construction and industrial sectors was an increase of NT$2,000 from the previous year, the ministry’s report said.
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Those who worked in the same position for a full year saw an average of NT$15,000 in bonuses, such as holiday pay and performance incentives, it said.
For construction and industrial laborers, the average number of days off in June was 11, an increase of 1.9 compared with the year before, it said.
Average monthly working hours were 179.1, a 13.3-hour decrease compared with 2023, of which 152.2 were regular hours and 26.9 were billed as overtime, it added.
Among employers, 39.7 percent reported issues, with the language barrier being the most common problem, followed by “communication issues,” the report said.
Other complaints such as “poor attitude and discipline,” and workers disappearing were reported by more than 10 percent of employers.
Those who reported issues saw the language barrier as the most common problem, followed by “excessive phone use and chatting,” “communication issues” and “poor attitude and discipline,” it added.
For domestic care workers, the average monthly salary of NT$24,000 was a NT$1,000 increase in regular pay and overtime wages compared with 2023, although that was in part due to June having an extra Sunday compared with the previous year, the ministry said.
Domestic care workers averaged 10.3 hours daily, with 57 percent having days off, while 36.4 percent had one day off per month and 13 percent had two to three days off, it said.
For households employing care workers, 89 percent reported alternative care plans for the caregiver’s days off, of whom 45 percent expressed interest in applying for subsidies for alternative care plans, it said.
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