Growth Metrics

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing filings provide 16 years of Operating Expenses readings, the most recent being $11.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 19.54% to $11.2 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $25.9 billion, a 17.9% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $11.2 billion, up 160.49% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses hit $11.2 billion in Q4 2025 for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, up from $2.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $11.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.4 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $2.2 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $3.8 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: skyrocketed 32.58% in 2022 and later increased 4.3% in 2023.
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's Operating Expenses stood at $6.1 billion in 2021, then increased by 18.87% to $7.2 billion in 2022, then rose by 10.29% to $8.0 billion in 2023, then increased by 16.84% to $9.3 billion in 2024, then rose by 19.54% to $11.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $11.2 billion (Q4 2025), $2.9 billion (Q3 2025), and $9.3 billion (Q4 2024) per Business Quant data.