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Payroll/wages clerk salary in Singapore

What a payroll/wages clerk earns a month, from MOM’s June 2024 wage survey. See where your own pay sits.

Median gross pay a month · Payroll/wages clerkS$4,256Half earn S$3,000 to S$5,950 · June 2024 · 310th highest of 562 jobs

On the median, S$4,256, a Singapore citizen aged 55 or under pays S$851 employee CPF (20%) and takes home about S$3,405 a month, before income tax. Work out your own CPF · income tax

Gross and basic pay a month, June 2024

25th percentileMedian75th percentile
GrossS$3,000S$4,256S$5,950
BasicS$2,880S$4,017S$5,600

By industry median gross, highest first

Industry25thMedian75th
Information and communicationsS$3,790S$5,729S$7,708
Financial and insurance servicesS$4,542S$5,600S$7,727
Wholesale and retail tradeS$3,429S$4,811S$6,764
Professional servicesS$3,800S$4,700S$6,300
Public administration and educationS$3,860S$4,548S$5,608
Transport and storageS$2,850S$4,500S$5,735
ManufacturingS$1,608S$4,200S$6,423
Real estate servicesS$3,400S$4,100S$5,408
Administrative and support servicesS$3,006S$3,985S$5,090
Accommodation and food servicesS$1,558S$3,235S$4,703
ConstructionS$1,480S$1,800S$3,120

Jobs paying about the same median gross

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.

Questions

How much does a payroll/wages clerk earn in Singapore?

A median of S$4,256 a month gross in MOM’s June 2024 survey: half earn more, half less, and the middle half S$3,000 to S$5,950. Basic pay, before overtime, commissions and allowances, had a median of S$4,017. That’s the 310th highest of the 562 jobs in the survey.

What is a payroll/wages clerk’s take-home pay?

On the median of S$4,256, a Singapore citizen aged 55 or under pays S$851 employee CPF and takes home about S$3,405 a month, before income tax. The CPF calculator works it out for any pay and age.

Which industry pays a payroll/wages clerk the most?

Information and communications, a median of S$5,729 a month gross, against S$1,800 in construction. MOM lists 11 industries for this job.

Is S$6,000 a good salary for a payroll/wages clerk?

S$6,000 is above the 75th percentile, S$5,950: about three in four earn less. Type your own pay to see where it sits.

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