The Company’s employee benefit, depreciation and amortization expenses are summarized as follows:
| For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating costs |
Operating expenses |
Total | Operating costs |
Operating expenses |
Total | Operating costs |
Operating expenses |
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NT$ | NT$ | NT$ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In Thousands) | (In Thousands) | (In Thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Employee benefit expenses |
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Salaries |
$ | 14,756,493 | $ | 6,141,982 | $ | 20,898,475 | $ | 14,839,388 | $ | 6,781,877 | $ | 21,621,265 | $ | 16,676,560 | $ | 7,045,487 | $ | 23,722,047 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Labor and health insurance |
820,037 | 340,102 | 1,160,139 | 802,913 | 351,873 | 1,154,786 | 878,576 | 376,523 | 1,255,099 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pension |
943,297 | 319,414 | 1,262,711 | 965,494 | 347,871 | 1,313,365 | 1,008,121 | 327,454 | 1,335,575 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other employee benefit expenses |
229,491 | 101,950 | 331,441 | 231,270 | 90,402 | 321,672 | 259,701 | 118,422 | 378,123 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Depreciation |
41,022,028 | 2,381,481 | 43,403,509 | 46,805,589 | 2,790,138 | 49,595,727 | 47,820,812 | 3,003,855 | 50,824,667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amortization |
654,711 | 1,344,390 | 1,999,101 | 790,206 | 1,502,360 | 2,292,566 | 911,563 | 1,222,163 | 2,133,726 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||