Taiwan offers a highly skilled, tech-oriented workforce with clear statutory insurances and a portable labor pension. All-in employer cost runs around 1.17x the gross salary. Here is what to know before your first Taiwan hire.
Employment runs under the Labor Standards Act, with mandatory labor insurance, national health insurance, and a 6% employer labor-pension contribution. Written terms and enrolment are required from the start.
Employer costs sit around 20%, split across the employer shares of labor insurance and national health insurance plus the 6% labor-pension contribution.
The 6% employer labor-pension contribution goes to the employee's individual account, so it is portable across jobs.
Employees pay income tax and their insurance share, withheld at source, with an annual filing. Withholding is the employer's responsibility, which under EOR means ours.
*All figures are estimates from public sources (2025-26), pending ops verification - same basis as the EOR cost calculator. Not tax or legal advice.
Compliant Taiwan employment contract, payroll, insurances, and labor pension, handled. One invoice, flat $399 per month.