Hire and pay employees in
Taiwan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Taiwan. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Taiwan is 5 days with Deel.

Currency

New Taiwan Dollar

Capital

Taipei City

Official Language

Mandarin Chinese

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Taiwan with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Taiwan, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Taiwan quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Taiwan
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Taiwan within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Health Insurance
  • Pension Fund
  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
  • Global Life Insurance - Allianz

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Taiwan

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage is TWD 26,400 per month.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 5% to 40%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates.

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 21.98% of the employee's salary.


General Labor insurance - 8.05% 
Employment Labor insurance - 0.70% 
Vocational Disaster Labor insurance - 0.25% (varies by company)
Wage fund Labor Insurance  - 0.025% 
National Health Insurance - 4.83912%
Pension (Labor Pension Act) - 6.00% 
Supplementary National Health Insurance contribution - 2.11%*
Disabiltiy Employment Levy - Estimated: TWD 186

*Only for employees with a monthly salary higher than TWD 219,500.

Please note, effective October 1, 2024, employees with children aged between 0 and 6 years will be eligible to receive a childcare allowance of TWD 10,000 per child per year, to be paid annually in October of each year.

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.

Overtime payment can be mandatory for positions that are not considered managerial. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 4 hours of overtime. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • Normal working days
    • 134% of the hourly rate, the first 2 hours.
    • 167% of the hourly rate, the following 2 hours.
  • For rest days
    • 234% of the hourly rate, the first 2 hours.
    • 267% of the hourly rate, the following 10 hours
  • On public holidays, annual leave, or regular leave, employees are paid 200% of their hourly rate
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Hiring in Taiwan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Taiwan with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Taiwan and 150+ countries.

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

21.98%

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