Rising prices under pressure

The General Comptroller’s Office today released the 110-year annual wage statistics of employees. Although the economic growth rate was as high as 6.28% last year, which was quite impressive, there was pressure from rising prices, which made the real recurring wages for the whole year fall into negative growth, with an annual decrease of 0.04%. , is also the first real recurring salary “regression” in 5 years.

Rising prices are under pressure Real recurring wages fell last year for the first time in five years. (file photo)

According to the statistics of the General Accounting Office, the average monthly recurring salary of each person in 2011 was NT$43,211, an annual increase of 1.93%; the average monthly total salary of each person was 55,754 yuan, an annual increase of 2.94%.

Further observation, the real recurring salary after excluding the price factor was 41,422 yuan, an annual decrease of 0.04%, which is also the first time since 106 years that it has fallen into negative growth, which means that the growth of recurring wages cannot keep up with the speed of price increases; real total wages are It was 53,445 yuan, an annual increase of 0.96%.

Chen Huixin, deputy director of the National Census Division of the General Accounting Office, said that the outside world is concerned about the real purchasing power reflected by real wages. It is true that the price index has been slightly higher since last year, resulting in a slight reduction in real recurring wages. influence.

Chen Huixin pointed out that in the salary structure paid by manufacturers, the proportion of non-recurring salary has increased from 18% to 22%. That is to say, manufacturers used to pay year-end or performance bonuses a few years ago. In recent years, some manufacturers tend to pay bonuses on a quarterly basis. Employees can get it more immediately, “put the total salary in and observe, the real total salary is still growing.”

Statistics from the General Accounting Office also announced today that the average number of employees in 2011 was 8.13 million, an annual increase of 17,000 or 0.21%, breaking away from the recession affected by the epidemic in 2010.

Chen Huixin said that the number of employees employed in December 2011 was 8.173 million, which has exceeded the level of 8.171 million in April last year and before the epidemic heated up, and gradually got out of the haze of the epidemic; but further looking at the performance of various industries, some have turned for the better. , and some are still deeply affected by the epidemic.

Chen Huixin pointed out that the number of employees in the manufacturing industry in December last year increased by 8,000 compared with that in April, and the accommodation and catering industry has also reached the level in April, but the number of employees in industries such as wholesale and retail, art and leisure, and other service industries is still low. performance in April last year.