Now we are already in our second year of college, and it’s less than two years before we graduate from college and enter the workforce. Many of college students’ expectations for the start of salary are still 22k. While this level of beginning salary is lower than 14 years ago. At present, Taiwan’s graduates or those employees who have been working have some time, the salary they get is still lower than our neighbor countries: South Korea, Japan, Singapore. Therefore, our group attempted to investigate the causes of low salary in Taiwan from three aspects. The first aspect is external, because Taiwan is not a member of WTO, so the heavy duties on imports and exports are a barrier to Taiwan’s international trade. The second part includes five internal causes. We would discuss Taiwan’s slow industrial upgrading, and the lack of Taiwan’s own brands. In addition, the mployees’ own problems make employee’s wage stagnant. Finally, we would focus on the problem of considerably introducing foreign workers into Taiwan, which also servesas a crucial reason of Taiwan’s low-paid circumstances.
