There is a big gap in what the Taiwanese education system produces and what the businesses need. Nowadays, the tech companies send people into senior high schools (10-12 grades) to give seminars, hoping to persuade teenagers to go for a science-engineering education.
The typically starting salary in Hsinchu Science Park for a MS student places him/her at around 90 percentile of Taiwanese household income. However, not everyone wants to learn science and engineering.