Taiwanese engineers offer employers high cost-performance value and a competitive advantage compared to their peers from Europe, the US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Even as generative AI and the US’s reciprocal tariffs impact job markets elsewhere, Taiwan’s employment situation has remained relatively unaffected, with the labor force in July 2025 actually increasing by 26,000 compared to June 2025. While computer science professionals in the US face layoffs and job shortages, Taiwan’s STEM talent pool continues to see job opportunities in the vast semiconductor and electronics industries.