Not minimum wage certainly, but less. Not sure how significant an expense salary is for the TSMC though as a fab is very capital intensive. https://focustaiwa

Not minimum wage certainly, but less. Not sure how significant an expense salary is for the TSMC though as a fab is very capital intensive. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202106300017 https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202106300017 "The median employee salary at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, reached NT$1.81 million (US$64,874) in 2020, up from NT$1.63 million a year earlier." https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/TSMC-Salaries-E4130.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/TSMC-Salaries-E4130.htm Process engineer is like $73K/yr So these, very skilled, employees probably get like ~15% less in Taiwan. No idea what Taiwan's employer tax situation looks like.