《TAIPEI TIMES》 Average household income up 3.3％

LOCAL SPLIT: Hsinchu led the nation on tech-sector pay, Taipei households drew far more from property income than elsewhere, and stocks surged through last yearBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA請繼續往下閱讀...Average total household income in Taiwan was NT$1,529,000 （US$ 48,009） last year, up 3.3 percent from a year earlier, the latest data from the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics （DGBAS） showed.Median disposable household income last year was NT$1,018,000, up 3.4 percent from a year earlier, the data showed.Employee compensation was the main source of household income, although significant regional differences were evident, DGBAS said.Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County had average total household incomes of NT$2,042,000 and NT$2,007,000 respectively, the highest in Taiwan, it said.They were followed by NT$1,857,000 in Taipei, NT$1,557,000 in Taoyuan and NT$1,506,000 in New Taipei City, it said.Employee compensation accounted for more than half of household income in Taiwan’s six special municipalities, Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City, DGBAS said.Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County reported significantly higher average household incomes, mainly because the high-paying technology sector dominates their economies, resulting in higher salaries, overtime pay and year-end bonuses, it said.Other important sources included interest income, investment income and other property income, including rental income, DGBAS said.Average household property income in Taiwan was NT$76,000 last year, with Taipei highest at NT$180,000, or nearly 10 percent of average household income in the city, it said.The figures show that property income is a particularly important component of household income in Taipei, although DGBAS cautioned that its data do not sufficiently disaggregate rental income from other forms of property income to identify the main source.Hsinchu City last year reported average household property income of NT$131,000, making it the only other administrative division where property income exceeded NT$100,000, it added.Taiwanese stocks surged last year, especially shares in artificial intelligence companies, but gains from buying and selling stocks or funds are excluded from the agency’s household-income calculations because they are treated as changes in wealth rather than income, DGBAS said.新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES