The Taiwanese Ministry of Environment recently released a report on trends in employment in the sustainable energy industry, finding that median starting salaries were 8% higher than the average.
This year, “green-collar” vacancies averaged 22,000 per month across nearly 3,600 recruitment companies, 3.29 times higher than eight years ago, the report said.
The median starting salary was NT$40,000 per month for green-collar workers, 8% higher than the job market average, with environmental engineers earning the highest at NT$100,000 per month, the ministry and 104 Job Bank told a news conference to announce the results of the report.
In the past six years, the median starting salary has grown from NT$35,000 to NT$40,000, an increase of 14.3%, the report found. The highest growth was for environmental engineers, followed by those working in greenhouse gas reduction and wastewater management, it said.
The ministry plans to launch a net-zero green talent development alliance next year, collaborating with the public and private sectors to set up development centres in northern, central, southern and eastern Taiwan with the goal of training at least 3,500 people per year, it said.
The report showed that green-collar vacancies had expanded across all major employment sectors, with the information technology, software and microchip sectors requiring more than 4,300 green-collar workers per month, followed by the manufacturing, construction and retail industries respectively.
Green-collar workers were also hired for legal, accounting, research and development, and design industries, averaging 2,300 recruits per month, it said.
The highest number of vacancies were in environmental health and safety roles, followed by sales, engineering and research development, retail operations and project management roles, it said. The report also found that 22% of positions required professional qualifications in the environmental field, 19% higher than in 2017. – CNA
