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What does a job pay in Singapore?

Type a job for what it pays a month: the median and the middle half, gross and basic, by industry, and the take-home after CPF. Add your own pay to see where it sits.

A job like accountant, software developer, nurse or bus driver. Leave it empty for the best and lowest paid.
Before CPF, with allowances but not bonuses. It stays on this page: never sent or saved.

562 jobs, June 2024, till you type one

Best paid median gross a month

  1. Flying instructor (except air force) S$20,000
  2. Foreign exchange broker S$19,750
  3. In-house legal counsel (except judiciary, ministries and statutory boards) S$17,972
  4. Commodities trader (excluding oil and bunker) S$16,000
  5. Chief information officer/chief technology officer/chief security officer S$15,258
  6. Oil and bunker trader S$14,896
  7. Commercial airline pilot S$13,878
  8. Foreign exchange dealer S$13,583
  9. Trade broker S$13,500
  10. Managing director/chief executive officer S$13,000

Lowest paid median gross a month

  1. Bus attendant S$1,400
  2. Civil engineering/building construction labourer S$1,550
  3. Waiter S$1,565
  4. Odd job person S$1,600
  5. Masseur (non-medical) (including foot reflexologist) S$1,600
  6. Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer S$1,600
  7. Kitchen assistant S$1,600
  8. Hand packer S$1,600
  9. Hand launderer/presser (non-household) S$1,600
  10. Food and beverage establishments general cleaner S$1,600

The job in the middle, Watch and clock assembler/repairer, has a median of S$4,500. Every job is in the A to Z below.

From MOM’s Occupational Wage Survey, June 2024, on data.gov.sg: citizens and PRs working full-time in private sector firms with 25 or more employees. Gross is basic pay plus overtime, commissions and allowances, before CPF; it leaves out bonuses and employer CPF.

Every job, A to Z

Each with its median gross pay a month, and a page of its own.

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N

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Where the pay comes from

MOM’s Occupational Wage Survey asks private sector firms with 25 or more employees what they pay each job, in June. Its tables on data.gov.sg give each job’s 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile, for citizens and PRs working full-time, overall and by industry where enough people do it. They’re all in one CSV.

Questions

Which jobs pay the most in Singapore?

In MOM’s June 2024 survey, flying instructors had the highest median gross pay, S$20,000 a month, then foreign exchange brokers, S$19,750, and in-house legal counsel, S$17,972. The top ten are in the box above, before you type anything.

Which jobs pay the least?

Bus attendants had the lowest median gross pay, S$1,400 a month. Many cleaning, kitchen and packing jobs are around S$1,600; the Progressive Wage Model sets floors for cleaners, security officers and some others.

How much does a software developer earn in Singapore?

A median of S$8,888 a month gross in June 2024, with the middle half from S$6,658 to S$13,513. Type any job for its own, and by industry.

How much does a nurse earn in Singapore?

A registered nurse’s median gross pay was S$5,276 a month in June 2024, the middle half S$4,261 to S$6,835. Most nurses work in public hospitals, which the survey leaves out, so this is the private sector’s.

What’s the difference between gross and basic pay?

Gross adds overtime, commissions and allowances to basic pay. They’re close for most office jobs and far apart where overtime is common: a bus driver’s median basic pay was S$2,179 but gross S$3,782.

How much is take-home pay on S$5,000?

A Singapore citizen aged 55 or under pays 20% employee CPF, S$1,000, and takes home S$4,000 a month, before income tax. Older workers and PRs in their first two years pay less; the CPF calculator works it out for any age.

Why isn’t my job here, or why is it different from my pay?

The survey covers private sector firms with 25 or more employees, so the civil service, small firms and the self-employed aren’t in it, and a job is listed only if enough people do it. It’s full-time citizens and PRs, in June 2024; pay has moved since, and varies with experience and firm.

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