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Secretary salary in Singapore

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

Median gross pay a month · SecretaryS$5,035Half earn S$3,728 to S$6,840 · June 2024 · 234th highest of 562 jobs

On the median, S$5,035, a Singapore citizen aged 55 or under pays S$1,007 employee CPF (20%) and takes home about S$4,028 a month, before income tax. Work out your own CPF · income tax

Gross and basic pay a month, June 2024

25th percentileMedian75th percentile
GrossS$3,728S$5,035S$6,840
BasicS$3,571S$4,874S$6,708

By industry median gross, highest first

Industry25thMedian75th
Financial and insurance servicesS$5,242S$7,094S$8,761
Information and communicationsS$5,000S$6,285S$7,878
Wholesale and retail tradeS$4,420S$5,793S$7,411
Transport and storageS$3,927S$5,133S$6,558
ManufacturingS$3,420S$4,875S$6,220
Professional servicesS$3,745S$4,792S$5,965
Public administration and educationS$3,854S$4,781S$6,154
Real estate servicesS$3,660S$4,760S$6,364
Administrative and support servicesS$3,500S$4,705S$6,180
Other community, social and personal servicesS$3,500S$4,643S$6,050
Health and social servicesS$3,038S$4,021S$5,000
Accommodation and food servicesS$2,154S$3,559S$5,046
ConstructionS$1,600S$2,850S$4,600

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 secretary earn in Singapore?

A median of S$5,035 a month gross in MOM’s June 2024 survey: half earn more, half less, and the middle half S$3,728 to S$6,840. Basic pay, before overtime, commissions and allowances, had a median of S$4,874. That’s the 234th highest of the 562 jobs in the survey.

What is a secretary’s take-home pay?

On the median of S$5,035, a Singapore citizen aged 55 or under pays S$1,007 employee CPF and takes home about S$4,028 a month, before income tax. The CPF calculator works it out for any pay and age.

Which industry pays a secretary the most?

Financial and insurance services, a median of S$7,094 a month gross, against S$2,850 in construction. MOM lists 13 industries for this job.

Is S$6,800 a good salary for a secretary?

S$6,800 is just under the 75th percentile, S$6,840: about three in four earn less. Type your own pay to see where it sits.

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