Micron set to reward engineers in Taiwan with $40,000 cash bonus

All employees in Taiwan will also receive equities as part of the annual merit grants. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Micron’s Taiwan-based engineers’ average compensation will reach NT$3.4 million for the past fiscal year after the cash and equities awards.

The average compensation of Micron’s entry-level Taiwan-based engineers will reach NT$3.4 million (S$136,000).

Published Sep 11, 2026, 01:10 PM

Updated Sep 11, 2026, 04:11 PM

Micron Technology will give Taiwan engineers a NT$1 million ($40,000) cash bonus plus equity rewards, raising average compensation to NT$3.4 million last fiscal year.

Unions demanded a one-time payout of about US$170,000 per worker and ongoing profit-sharing bonuses amid rising AI-driven chip profits.

Micron’s AI-related growth led to a 15-fold net income increase, with competitors also promising profit-sharing, sparking debates over bonus fairness and distribution.

TAIPEI – Micron Technology is set to provide its engineers in Taiwan with a cash bonus of NT$1 million (S$40,000) plus equity rewards, as the company’s local unions are demanding additional payout to reflect their contribution to its blowout profits.

The Boise, Idaho-based chipmaker said in a statement on Sept 11 that its entry-level, Taiwan-based engineers’ average compensation will reach NT$3.4 million for the past fiscal year after the cash and equities awards.

All employees in Taiwan will receive equities as part of the annual merit grants, the company added.

Before the announcement, Micron’s unions asked for a one-time cash payout equal to about seven years of an employee’s base salary.

That would translate into an average payment of about US$170,000 (S$215,500) a worker, based on Bloomberg calculations off data the unions provided.

They are also demanding the company allocate a portion of its profit to be shared with global staff as bonuses going forward.

The row over Micron’s payouts coincides with a global debate about who deserves a cut of the sudden wealth generated by booming investment in artificial intelligence-related data centres and other infrastructure.

That has spurred Micron’s South Korean rivals Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to promise employees a share of the profits in their bonuses .

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has also vowed to set aside 30 per cent more in profit-sharing payouts for employees.

But the sheer size of some of the bonuses has created rifts within companies and communities, with growing calls that users who supply AI with the data it needs also get a cut.

Micron has been handed a major boost from the AI boom. Its cutting-edge high-bandwidth memory is required to make AI accelerators from the likes of Nvidia Corp .

The US chipmaker reported a fifteenfold gain in net income in the third quarter, while its share price has risen more than 500 per cent over the past year.

Micron now employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan, which serves as a key manufacturing hub for the chipmaker.

At the same time, it still relies on the US for the bulk of its research and development operations and some production, while it also runs plants in Japan and Singapore. BLOOMBERG

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美光科技台湾地区初级工程师的平均薪酬将达到新台币 340 万元（约合 13.6 万新元）。

发布于 2026 年 9 月 11 日下午 1:10

更新于2026年9月11日下午4:11

美光科技将向台湾工程师发放 100 万新台币（4 万美元）现金奖金以及股权奖励，使上个财政年度的平均薪酬提高到 340 万新台币。

工会要求向每位工人一次性支付约 17 万美元，并要求在人工智能驱动的芯片利润不断增长的情况下，持续发放利润分成奖金。

美光科技在人工智能领域的增长使其净收入增长了 15 倍，竞争对手也承诺分享利润，引发了关于奖金公平性和分配的争论。

台北——美光科技公司计划向其在台湾的工程师发放100万新台币（4万新元）的现金奖金以及股权奖励，因为该公司的当地工会要求额外支付奖金，以反映他们对公司巨额利润的贡献。

这家总部位于爱达荷州博伊西的芯片制造商在9月11日的一份声明中表示，在发放现金和股权奖励后，其位于台湾的入门级工程师上一财年的平均薪酬将达到340万新台币。

该公司补充说，台湾所有员工都将获得股权作为年度绩效奖励的一部分。

在宣布这一消息之前，美光公司的工会要求一次性支付相当于员工七年基本工资的现金赔偿。