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Average and median salary in Singapore, and where your pay ranks

Median pay is S$5,775 and the mean S$6,605, from MOM. See what each figure counts, and where your pay ranks by age, qualification and job.

By Updated Checked SGT against Ministry of Manpower, via data.gov.sg

Median pay, June 2025

S$5,775

Up 5.0% on a year

Full-time citizens and PRs, with employer CPF. Without it, S$5,000.

Mean pay, 2Q 2026 (preliminary)

S$6,605

Up 3.4% on 2Q 2025

All employed citizens and PRs, with employer CPF, no bonus.

Our estimate for June 2026 is about S$5,970, until MOM reports. How we got it

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Where your pay ranks

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You earn more than about

49%

of full-time workers who are citizens or PRs

Counts S$5,000 a month: your pay, before CPF, as MOM counts it. Add AWS and bonus above if you get them.

Compared withYou’re ahead ofMiddle of the group
Full-time workersAbout 49%S$5,000
Aged 30 to 34About 44%S$5,350
DegreeAbout 25%S$7,700

The first row is full-timers. The others include part-timers, which pulls down the middle. They stop at S$12,000.

S$500 more a month would put you ahead of about 54% of full-time workers. The top quarter of workers aged 30 to 34 starts at about S$7,650, and the top 10% at about S$10,650.

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In short

Half of full-time citizens and PRs earned more than S$5,775 a month in June 2025, counting employer CPF, or S$5,000 without it. The mean is higher, at S$6,605, because a few very high earners lift it. To compare with your payslip, use S$5,000. About S$13,800 a month, before employer CPF, puts you in the top 10%.

Which number is yours?

“The average salary” can mean any of five official figures, and they count different things: employer CPF, bonuses, part-timers. Pick the one that matches what you’re comparing.

The five official pay figures and what each one counts
FigureAmountWhenEmployer CPFBonusWhoUse it for
Median with employer CPFS$5,775June 2025YesSpread over 12 monthsFull-time citizens and PRsHeadlines and news reports
Median without employer CPFS$5,000June 2025NoSpread over 12 monthsFull-time citizens and PRsYour payslip, plus your bonus divided by 12
Lower-paid line (20th percentile)S$3,164June 2025YesSpread over 12 monthsFull-time citizens and PRsWhere the lowest-paid fifth stops
Mean incomeS$6,6052Q 2026, preliminaryYesNot countedAll employed citizens and PRs, part-timers tooThe latest quarter’s reading
Mean earningsS$7,1982025NoCountedEmployees with CPF, part-timers tooThe year’s total pay per person

To compare with your payslip, take your gross pay before CPF and add your yearly bonus divided by 12. That’s how our rank tool counts it.

What each salary ranks

Among full-time citizens and PRs. Tap a salary to load it into the tool.

Rank at common monthly salaries
Pay a monthAhead ofYou’re in the
S$2,500About 15%Top 85%
S$3,000About 22%Top 78%
S$4,000About 38%Top 62%
S$5,000About 49%Top 51%
S$6,000About 59%Top 41%
S$7,000About 66%Top 34%
S$8,000About 72%Top 28%
S$10,000About 81%Top 19%
S$12,000About 87%Top 13%
S$15,000About 91%Top 9%
S$20,000About 95%Top 5%

What it takes to reach each rank

Monthly pay needed for each rank
Among full-time workersPay a month from
Top 50% (MOM’s median)S$5,000
Top 25%About S$8,600
Top 20%About S$9,800
Top 10%About S$13,800
Top 5%About S$19,650

Before employer CPF, with bonus spread over 12 months. Our estimates from MOM’s income bands, rounded to S$50. About 1 in 29 full-time workers earns S$22,500 or more, the highest line MOM publishes.

Pay by age

The middle is highest at 40 to 44, about S$6,600 a month before employer CPF.

Pay by age
AgeMiddleTop 25% fromTop 10% from
15 to 24S$2,150S$3,250S$4,250
25 to 29S$4,250S$5,700S$7,700
30 to 34S$5,350S$7,650S$10,650
35 to 39S$6,100S$9,300S$12,000+
40 to 44S$6,600S$10,450S$12,000+
45 to 49S$6,450S$10,700S$12,000+
50 to 54S$5,500S$10,250S$12,000+
55 to 59S$4,050S$7,950S$12,000+
60 to 64S$3,100S$5,500S$10,550
65 to 69S$2,400S$4,000S$8,050
70 and overS$1,900S$2,650S$4,650

Our estimates from MOM’s income bands for June 2025, before employer CPF, rounded to S$50. They include part-timers. S$12,000+ means the line is above the highest band.

Pay by job

MOM surveys wages in hundreds of jobs. Type yours into the tool, or open the full list. A quarter of people in each job earn under the lower figure, and a quarter over the upper one.

Pay in common jobs
JobLower quarterMiddleUpper quarter
Software developerS$6,658S$8,888S$13,513
Registered nurse and other nursing professional (e.g. clinical nurse, nurse educator, excluding enrolled nurse)S$4,261S$5,276S$6,835
Accountant (excluding tax accountant)S$4,600S$5,498S$6,695
Commercial airline pilotS$11,594S$13,878S$17,003
Bus driverS$2,289S$3,782S$5,137
Private security officerS$2,250S$2,748S$2,971
ActuaryS$4,987S$7,572S$13,484
Pre-primary education teacherS$3,600S$4,000S$4,800
All 562 jobs, A to Z
Pay in every job in MOM’s survey
JobLower quarterMiddleUpper quarter
Accountant (excluding tax accountant)S$4,600S$5,498S$6,695
ActuaryS$4,987S$7,572S$13,484
Administration managerS$4,569S$6,388S$8,431
Advertising salesmanS$4,651S$5,500S$6,120
Advertising/public relations managerS$5,943S$8,514S$13,333
Aeronautical engineerS$4,729S$6,046S$8,142
Aeronautical engineering technicianS$3,235S$4,481S$6,054
After sales adviser/client account service executiveS$4,054S$5,620S$9,583
Aged care services managerS$6,091S$7,759S$9,997
Air cargo officerS$3,425S$4,201S$5,362
Air transport clerkS$2,714S$3,160S$3,800
Air transport equipment project executiveS$2,811S$4,555S$7,735
Air transport service supervisorS$4,425S$5,552S$7,536
Air-conditioning/refrigeration engineerS$5,419S$6,503S$9,106
Air-conditioning/refrigeration engineering technicianS$2,900S$4,141S$5,750
Air-conditioning/refrigeration equipment mechanicS$2,475S$3,263S$4,003
Aircraft loader (e.g. airport baggage/cargo handler)S$2,402S$3,216S$3,775
Airport mobile equipment operatorS$2,526S$3,081S$3,935
Ambulance driverS$1,848S$2,386S$3,129
AnaesthesiologistS$6,195S$6,712S$7,633
Applications/systems programmerS$6,050S$6,500S$7,660
Appraiser/valuer (excluding intangible asset valuer)S$3,140S$5,281S$8,251
Aquarium fish farm workerS$3,165S$3,630S$4,069
Architectural draughtsmanS$3,300S$4,135S$5,400
Art and craft instructor (extracurriculum)S$2,400S$3,300S$4,183
Artistic director (stage, film, television, game and radio)S$4,260S$5,500S$7,280
Arts and cultural centre manager (including gallery and museum manager)S$3,800S$4,550S$6,650
AssessorS$3,926S$5,100S$6,777
Assistant accountantS$3,300S$3,885S$4,575
Assistant civil and structural engineerS$3,300S$4,110S$5,838
Assistant electrical engineerS$3,800S$4,871S$6,579
Assistant electronics engineerS$3,600S$4,632S$7,078
Assistant manufacturing engineerS$3,328S$4,003S$5,544
Assistant mechanical engineerS$3,272S$3,983S$4,800
Athlete/sportsmanS$2,415S$2,658S$4,000
Attractions guideS$1,289S$2,000S$2,497
Attractions managerS$4,300S$6,195S$8,080
Audio and video equipment engineerS$3,921S$4,837S$6,540
Audio and video equipment technicianS$3,012S$3,869S$5,235
AudiologistS$3,963S$4,884S$5,800
Audit associate professionalS$4,500S$5,050S$5,750
Audit clerkS$3,525S$3,875S$4,443
Audit managerS$7,692S$10,041S$14,166
Auditor (accounting)S$4,875S$5,575S$7,693
AuthorS$3,500S$4,000S$7,000
Automation engineer (including robotics engineer)S$6,350S$8,588S$12,539
Automation technicianS$2,799S$3,449S$4,836
Automotive engineering technicianS$2,800S$3,778S$4,953
Automotive mechanicS$2,160S$2,776S$3,400
Auxiliary police officerS$3,159S$3,396S$3,577
BakerS$1,500S$2,210S$3,083
Bank operations clerkS$4,055S$5,150S$6,850
Bank tellerS$3,194S$3,965S$4,560
BaristaS$1,400S$2,064S$2,600
Bartender/mixologistS$2,500S$2,976S$3,900
BeauticianS$2,474S$3,500S$4,853
Bell captainS$2,284S$2,427S$2,720
Bellboy/hotel porterS$2,078S$2,255S$2,654
Bill collectorS$2,497S$4,087S$5,950
Billing clerkS$2,200S$3,100S$4,050
BiochemistS$5,500S$6,264S$7,114
BiologistS$6,704S$8,352S$10,202
Biomedical engineerS$4,171S$5,346S$7,209
BookkeeperS$1,792S$3,200S$5,788
Bookmaker/croupier/casino dealer and related gaming workerS$2,730S$2,991S$3,363
Budgeting and financial accounting manager (including financial controller)S$6,550S$9,203S$14,200
Building architectS$5,250S$6,798S$10,366
Building caretaker/watchmanS$1,682S$2,564S$3,200
Building construction engineerS$4,000S$4,800S$6,000
Building maintenance workerS$2,438S$3,245S$4,461
Building painterS$1,600S$1,600S$2,450
Building technicianS$3,029S$3,623S$3,960
Bus attendantS$1,400S$1,400S$1,600
Bus driverS$2,289S$3,782S$5,137
Business and financial project management professionalS$5,500S$7,693S$11,006
Business consultantS$4,095S$8,662S$11,875
Business development executiveS$3,975S$5,000S$7,455
Business development managerS$5,957S$8,669S$13,189
Business valuerS$5,200S$9,708S$16,560
Butcher, fishmonger and related food preparerS$2,593S$2,772S$3,142
BuyerS$3,608S$4,694S$6,115
Cabin attendant/stewardS$2,903S$3,730S$4,727
Cage/count supervisorS$4,140S$4,484S$4,817
Call centre managerS$4,114S$5,968S$8,310
Captain waiter/waiter supervisorS$2,024S$2,837S$3,473
Car park attendantS$1,992S$3,126S$3,889
Cardiothoracic surgeonS$5,938S$6,294S$6,882
Career coach (counselling)S$3,826S$4,415S$6,630
CarpenterS$2,110S$2,902S$4,209
Cashier (general)S$1,600S$2,151S$2,588
Catering managerS$3,675S$4,697S$6,160
ChauffeurS$2,033S$2,743S$3,593
ChefS$3,105S$3,850S$4,850
Chemical engineering technicianS$3,951S$4,925S$6,153
Chemical engineering technician (petrochemicals)S$4,589S$5,738S$7,446
ChemistS$4,500S$6,357S$11,430
Chemistry technicianS$3,554S$4,765S$6,199
Chief engineer/second engineer (ship)S$6,231S$8,339S$11,456
Chief information officer/chief technology officer/chief security officerS$10,949S$15,258S$20,000
Chief operating officer/general managerS$8,470S$12,750S$16,100
Chief stewardS$5,631S$6,890S$8,216
Child/after school care centre workerS$1,750S$2,648S$4,373
Civil engineerS$4,900S$6,500S$8,165
Civil engineering technicianS$2,990S$4,310S$5,720
Civil engineering/building construction labourerS$1,400S$1,550S$1,660
Civil/structural engineering draughtsmanS$2,471S$2,819S$4,000
Cleaning supervisorS$1,600S$2,210S$2,976
Clearing and forwarding agentS$3,504S$4,047S$4,823
Clinical psychologistS$4,850S$5,495S$7,024
Clinical research coordinatorS$3,905S$4,500S$5,986
Clinical research professionalS$6,632S$8,990S$13,632
Cloud specialistS$7,001S$9,583S$15,176
Commercial airline pilotS$11,594S$13,878S$17,003
Commodities and freight derivatives brokerS$8,205S$12,000S$18,662
Commodities trader (excluding oil and bunker)S$8,800S$16,000S$20,000
Community health workerS$3,000S$3,103S$4,425
Community, partnership and relations managerS$5,140S$6,250S$7,585
Company directorS$5,200S$11,000S$16,602
Compliance officer/risk analyst (financial)S$5,500S$7,395S$13,048
Computer engineerS$5,572S$6,061S$6,679
Computer systems operatorS$4,357S$5,425S$8,143
Concierge (hotel)S$2,580S$3,002S$3,488
Concrete mix truck driverS$1,600S$2,666S$3,268
Construction managerS$5,200S$7,600S$11,154
Contact centre information clerkS$2,513S$3,150S$4,418
Content writerS$4,327S$5,250S$8,097
Cook (e.g. commis cook 2/3)S$1,500S$2,028S$2,955
Counsellor (family)S$3,700S$4,350S$5,300
Crane operator (on-site)S$2,953S$3,117S$3,368
Crane/hoist operator (excluding port)S$3,390S$4,979S$6,496
Creative advertising professionalS$4,975S$7,089S$10,415
Crewing executive (ship)S$3,539S$4,377S$6,167
CuratorS$4,610S$5,595S$8,000
Customer service managerS$5,925S$8,470S$13,015
Customer service officer/clerkS$2,349S$3,190S$4,264
Cyber risk specialistS$7,579S$10,071S$13,583
Cybersecurity architectS$5,738S$7,826S$11,236
Dairy and confectionery products machine operatorS$1,748S$2,553S$4,514
Data centre engineerS$3,870S$4,863S$6,361
Data entry clerkS$1,500S$2,000S$2,925
Data processing control clerkS$2,598S$3,480S$4,929
Data scientistS$6,890S$9,047S$12,132
Database administratorS$3,440S$6,717S$10,264
Database architectS$7,410S$11,153S$14,942
Deckhand (including lighterman)S$1,630S$1,740S$2,206
Delivery man using motorised personal mobility aids/devicesS$1,700S$1,985S$2,000
Dental aide/assistantS$2,300S$2,700S$3,272
Dental technicianS$2,642S$3,032S$3,649
DermatologistS$6,776S$9,035S$9,982
Diagnostic radiologistS$6,486S$7,016S$9,282
DietitianS$4,044S$4,708S$6,232
Digital marketing professional (e.g. online, social media, e-commerce marketing professional)S$3,679S$5,300S$8,235
Director (stage, film, television, game, commercial, video and radio)S$9,479S$11,998S$15,657
DishwasherS$1,430S$1,684S$2,091
DoormanS$2,380S$2,534S$2,890
Driving instructor/testerS$2,970S$3,342S$3,818
Early intervention teacher for infants and childrenS$3,300S$4,019S$4,951
EconomistS$4,848S$6,080S$20,000
Editor (news and periodicals)S$7,444S$10,800S$15,038
Editor (radio, television and video)S$5,246S$6,909S$9,859
EducarerS$3,090S$3,391S$3,968
Electrical engineerS$4,687S$6,000S$8,155
Electrical engineering technicianS$3,081S$4,235S$5,461
Electrical fitterS$1,750S$2,200S$3,429
Electrical household appliance repairerS$1,900S$2,797S$3,323
Electrical lift, escalator and related equipment fitterS$3,072S$4,108S$5,152
Electrical/electronics draughtsmanS$2,400S$3,518S$4,400
ElectricianS$2,145S$3,000S$4,300
Electronic equipment/component assemblerS$1,847S$2,017S$2,520
Electronics engineerS$6,092S$7,861S$9,135
Electronics engineering technicianS$3,287S$4,071S$5,374
Embedded systems engineer (including port systems engineer)S$6,110S$8,085S$10,443
Emergency physicianS$6,131S$6,575S$7,185
Employment agent/labour contractorS$3,084S$4,522S$7,335
Energy engineerS$7,883S$12,425S$20,000
Enrolled/assistant nurse (excluding registered nurse)S$3,344S$4,904S$6,705
Enterprise/solution architectS$7,950S$12,137S$16,737
Enumerator/market research interviewerS$1,788S$2,701S$3,249
Environmental engineerS$4,963S$5,710S$7,127
Environmental inspector (environmental public health)S$4,794S$7,373S$10,408
Environmental officer (environmental protection)S$5,500S$7,210S$11,550
Environmental officer (public health)S$6,528S$8,752S$11,000
Event managerS$4,820S$5,960S$7,920
Excavating/trench digging machine operatorS$2,000S$3,098S$4,998
Executive search consultantS$4,750S$5,709S$8,000
Exhibition/conference/event planner (including wedding planner/coordinator)S$3,000S$3,740S$4,861
Fashion designerS$2,552S$3,500S$4,868
Fast food preparerS$1,600S$1,854S$2,712
Financial analyst (e.g. equities analyst, credit analyst, investment research analyst)S$5,460S$7,500S$10,784
Financial markets back office administratorS$4,000S$5,366S$6,700
Financial product structurerS$8,120S$12,321S$17,053
Financial risk managerS$9,275S$12,924S$18,658
Financial services managerS$5,380S$8,750S$16,569
Financial/investment adviser (e.g. relationship manager)S$5,225S$8,000S$13,165
Fire and safety inspectorS$2,504S$3,810S$7,464
Flight operations officerS$2,848S$3,778S$5,200
Floor/wall tilerS$1,400S$1,600S$2,878
Flying instructor (except air force)S$8,050S$20,000S$30,000
Food and beverage establishments general cleanerS$1,401S$1,600S$1,819
Food and beverage operations managerS$3,839S$5,286S$8,364
Food and drink technologistS$3,187S$4,261S$6,520
Food service counter attendantS$1,400S$1,939S$2,495
Food/drink stall assistantS$1,400S$1,638S$2,056
Foreign exchange brokerS$15,010S$19,750S$27,266
Foreign exchange dealerS$8,863S$13,583S$20,000
Fork lift truck operatorS$1,807S$2,500S$3,163
Fumigator and other pest and weed controllerS$2,050S$2,300S$2,507
Fund/portfolio manager (including asset allocator)S$7,700S$12,060S$19,500
Gardener and horticultural workerS$1,750S$1,800S$1,900
General dental practitionerS$5,001S$5,163S$5,540
General practitioner/physicianS$5,749S$6,335S$10,021
General surgeonS$4,530S$5,580S$6,290
General waste collection, recycling and material recovery workerS$1,550S$1,750S$2,320
Graphic designerS$3,010S$3,765S$4,496
Hair stylist/hairdresserS$2,915S$3,756S$4,773
Hand launderer/presser (non-household)S$1,400S$1,600S$2,022
Hand packerS$1,538S$1,600S$1,906
Harbour pilotS$7,093S$8,833S$10,052
Health services managerS$6,262S$9,839S$13,690
Healthcare assistant (e.g. therapy aide/assistant)S$2,084S$2,432S$2,870
Hospital/clinic attendantS$2,138S$2,459S$2,817
Hotel cleanerS$1,800S$2,019S$2,274
Hotel executive (including hotel reservation and front desk executive)S$2,674S$3,164S$3,600
Hotel operations/lodging services managerS$4,019S$4,970S$7,020
Hotel receptionist (including hotel reservation and front desk clerk)S$2,076S$2,687S$3,379
House stewardS$4,538S$5,287S$6,049
Housekeeper (hotels and other establishments)S$2,312S$3,233S$4,606
Housekeeping matronS$3,150S$3,491S$5,427
Housekeeping/linen room attendantS$1,600S$1,950S$2,307
Human resource consultant (excluding executive search consultant)S$6,196S$8,800S$20,000
Hydrographic surveyorS$3,975S$5,450S$7,882
Ict auditorS$10,512S$12,311S$15,582
Ict business process consultant/business analystS$6,264S$8,500S$11,043
Ict quality assurance specialistS$4,797S$7,666S$14,424
Ict sales and services professionalS$4,300S$8,433S$16,132
Ict service managerS$7,280S$9,503S$13,226
In-house legal counsel (except judiciary, ministries and statutory boards)S$12,000S$17,972S$22,218
Industrial and organisational psychologistS$5,277S$6,706S$8,762
Industrial machinery and tools engineerS$4,642S$6,000S$7,620
Industrial relations managerS$6,490S$9,176S$14,997
Industrial relations officerS$4,078S$5,292S$6,528
Industrial safety engineerS$4,649S$6,602S$9,009
Industrial/office machinery mechanicS$3,254S$4,012S$4,974
Information technology trainer (extracurriculum)S$4,249S$6,119S$8,550
Instrumentation engineerS$4,142S$6,945S$8,775
Instrumentation technicianS$2,826S$3,626S$4,580
Insurance investigatorS$4,697S$6,125S$6,727
Insurance sales agent/broker (including independent financial planner)S$4,350S$5,780S$6,887
Insurance services managerS$6,657S$10,466S$16,338
Insurance underwriterS$4,800S$6,991S$12,200
Insurance/underwriting clerkS$3,791S$5,045S$7,333
Intellectual property agentS$3,111S$4,464S$5,300
Interaction designerS$5,913S$7,883S$11,400
Interior designerS$3,430S$4,700S$6,000
Internal medicine physicianS$6,071S$6,391S$8,186
International market agent/representative (e.g. junket operator)S$5,124S$9,530S$19,300
It infrastructure specialistS$5,718S$7,881S$10,740
It infrastructure technicianS$3,200S$4,100S$5,249
It security technicianS$3,859S$4,542S$7,000
It support technician (including it user helpdesk technician)S$3,760S$5,148S$7,447
JoinerS$1,600S$2,411S$3,615
JournalistS$4,779S$6,000S$8,423
Keeper/trainer in zoological, bird and aquatic parksS$2,552S$2,803S$3,387
Kitchen assistantS$1,400S$1,600S$2,192
Kitchen operations head/supervisorS$3,329S$3,949S$4,000
Laboratory attendantS$1,850S$2,651S$4,093
Land surveying technicianS$2,560S$3,400S$5,494
Land surveyorS$3,185S$5,000S$6,351
Land transport clerkS$1,742S$2,909S$3,995
Landscape and plant nursery supervisorS$1,750S$2,575S$3,500
Landscape architectS$5,500S$6,145S$10,102
Landscape managerS$2,800S$4,300S$6,000
Landscape operations officerS$2,830S$3,325S$3,903
Landscape workerS$1,750S$1,800S$1,902
Language instructor (extracurriculum)S$3,905S$4,329S$4,900
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/delivererS$1,600S$1,600S$2,244
Ledger and accounts clerkS$2,300S$3,340S$4,403
Legal associate professional (e.g. paralegal)S$3,535S$4,557S$7,200
Legal clerkS$3,045S$4,250S$6,000
LibrarianS$5,352S$6,659S$8,470
Library clerkS$2,080S$2,426S$2,531
Library officerS$2,300S$2,936S$3,312
LifeguardS$2,586S$2,790S$3,200
Lift engineerS$3,811S$4,842S$6,622
Lift supervisorS$4,142S$4,813S$6,730
Lift technicianS$3,207S$4,374S$5,669
Load control officer (aircraft)S$3,335S$4,229S$4,797
LocksmithS$3,131S$3,285S$4,609
Logistics/production plannerS$3,331S$4,282S$5,815
Lorry driverS$1,600S$2,159S$3,000
Machinery mechanicS$1,800S$2,910S$4,100
Machining/tooling technicianS$2,695S$3,641S$4,900
Maintenance plannerS$4,475S$6,540S$8,740
Management consultantS$6,053S$10,799S$17,995
Management executiveS$3,300S$3,913S$4,535
Managing director/chief executive officerS$6,065S$13,000S$20,000
ManicuristS$1,400S$2,100S$3,000
Manufacturing engineerS$2,596S$4,589S$6,860
Manufacturing engineering technicianS$3,151S$3,750S$4,670
Manufacturing managerS$6,126S$8,571S$11,110
Marine draughtsmanS$3,760S$4,400S$5,600
Marine engineerS$4,130S$4,603S$5,700
Marine engineering officer (including third, fourth and fifth engineer)S$3,278S$4,173S$5,324
Marine superintendentS$6,580S$9,600S$14,426
Marine superintendent (engineer)S$5,800S$7,638S$10,240
Marine surveyor (ship and nautical)S$3,867S$5,089S$6,744
Market research professionalS$5,437S$7,000S$9,167
Marketing and sales executive (food & beverage services)S$1,750S$3,500S$4,330
Marketing managerS$6,000S$8,841S$13,061
Marketing strategy/planning professionalS$4,600S$8,060S$11,785
Martial arts instructorS$4,100S$4,100S$4,280
Massage therapistS$1,600S$2,690S$3,600
Masseur (non-medical) (including foot reflexologist)S$1,550S$1,600S$1,945
Material planning clerkS$4,190S$5,907S$9,089
Materials engineerS$6,592S$8,643S$10,805
Mechanical draughtsmanS$2,700S$3,800S$5,646
Mechanical engineerS$4,900S$6,205S$8,678
Mechanical engineering technicianS$3,056S$3,748S$4,402
Mechanical equipment/component assemblerS$1,481S$2,084S$3,025
Mechanical products quality checker and testerS$3,157S$4,354S$5,496
Media and broadcasting engineerS$5,012S$6,049S$8,631
Media and broadcasting managerS$4,745S$6,010S$8,074
Media and broadcasting operations technicianS$3,540S$4,153S$5,230
Medical and pathology laboratory technicianS$3,853S$4,280S$4,880
Medical and pharmaceutical products sales professionalS$5,524S$7,259S$11,385
Medical device assembler/repairerS$2,791S$3,714S$5,076
Medical diagnostic radiographerS$4,606S$5,716S$7,253
Medical laboratory scientistS$5,412S$5,979S$7,443
Medical scientistS$5,400S$5,833S$6,500
Medical social workerS$4,203S$4,915S$6,513
Medical x-ray technicianS$2,815S$3,540S$7,427
Medical/dental receptionistS$2,460S$2,810S$3,197
Merchandising/category executiveS$2,468S$3,197S$4,000
Merchandising/category managerS$6,000S$8,746S$13,320
Metal heat treating plant operatorS$3,240S$4,652S$7,480
Metal melter, caster and rolling mill operatorS$2,568S$2,671S$3,000
Metal moulder and coremakerS$2,626S$3,384S$3,940
Metalworking machine setter-operatorS$2,178S$2,809S$4,045
Minister of religionS$4,472S$6,637S$12,804
Mobile machinery supervisor and general foremanS$2,457S$2,522S$2,820
Money changerS$2,812S$3,750S$5,876
Motor vehicle cleaner/polisherS$1,400S$1,700S$2,100
Motorcycle delivery manS$1,537S$2,080S$2,626
MoverS$1,700S$2,223S$3,500
Multimedia (including games) designerS$4,497S$5,319S$7,584
Multimedia (including games) developerS$5,422S$6,331S$9,496
Multimedia artist and animatorS$3,775S$5,000S$8,177
Music instructor (extracurriculum)S$2,600S$3,000S$3,880
Network, communications and infrastructure managerS$8,493S$10,750S$14,724
Network, servers and computer systems administratorS$3,688S$4,765S$6,920
Non-ordained religious associate professionalS$2,771S$3,611S$4,437
Nursing aide/assistantS$2,432S$3,000S$3,381
NutritionistS$3,232S$4,684S$8,074
Obstetrician/gynaecologistS$4,741S$5,965S$7,002
Occupational health and safety inspectorS$3,926S$5,403S$6,775
Occupational health and safety professionalS$3,263S$5,000S$7,313
Occupational therapistS$4,085S$4,933S$6,488
Odd job personS$1,600S$1,600S$1,800
Office clerk (including filing and copying)S$1,420S$1,822S$3,050
Office supervisorS$2,836S$3,743S$5,000
Office, commercial and industrial establishments indoor cleanerS$1,440S$1,641S$1,801
Office, commercial and industrial establishments multi-skilled cleaner cum machine operatorS$1,908S$2,270S$2,873
Office, commercial and industrial establishments outdoor cleanerS$1,753S$1,942S$2,125
Office/library attendantS$1,600S$2,118S$3,080
Oil and bunker traderS$8,610S$14,896S$20,000
Online sales channel executiveS$2,881S$3,500S$4,500
Online sales channel managerS$5,731S$7,614S$12,500
Operations officer (except transport operations)S$3,200S$3,970S$4,880
Operations research analystS$4,760S$6,352S$9,530
OphthalmologistS$6,205S$6,804S$10,257
OpticianS$4,098S$4,357S$5,091
OptometristS$4,342S$5,241S$6,191
Orthopaedic surgeonS$5,580S$5,836S$6,539
Otorhinolaryngologist/ear, nose, throat (ent) specialistS$6,097S$6,624S$9,707
Packing/bottling/labelling machine operatorS$1,600S$2,101S$3,020
PaediatricianS$4,530S$5,789S$6,752
ParamedicS$1,871S$2,954S$3,984
Parking valetS$2,000S$2,372S$2,800
Passenger services agentS$1,500S$2,570S$3,544
Pastry and confectionery makerS$1,500S$2,413S$3,236
Pastry chefS$2,503S$3,034S$4,600
PawnbrokerS$4,638S$5,192S$6,471
Payroll/wages clerkS$3,000S$4,256S$5,950
Personnel/human resource clerkS$1,740S$2,950S$4,183
Personnel/human resource managerS$5,777S$8,197S$12,919
Personnel/human resource officerS$3,370S$4,000S$4,605
Petrol station attendantS$1,870S$2,165S$3,453
Pharmacist (patient care)S$4,504S$5,466S$7,346
PharmacologistS$4,313S$6,706S$13,118
Pharmacy technicianS$2,654S$3,240S$4,119
PhotographerS$3,495S$5,120S$8,651
Physical fitness instructor (including yoga instructor and aerobics instructor)S$2,400S$2,550S$3,350
PhysiotherapistS$4,235S$4,814S$6,200
PlumberS$1,600S$2,400S$2,880
PodiatristS$4,498S$5,054S$6,956
Policy administration professional (e.g. policy analyst)S$4,100S$5,179S$8,858
Policy managerS$9,098S$12,053S$15,278
Port limit helmsman/steersman/engine driver/tugmasterS$2,334S$2,683S$3,284
Port/shipping operations managerS$7,382S$8,695S$10,894
Port/shipping operations supervisor (including post-fixture and planner)S$3,354S$3,830S$4,614
Porter (except hotel)S$1,536S$1,712S$2,018
Postal service counter clerkS$2,073S$2,392S$3,012
Postal service managerS$5,550S$7,910S$12,414
PostmanS$2,128S$2,706S$3,472
Power generation and distribution engineerS$6,947S$9,131S$12,139
Pre-press trades workerS$3,118S$3,568S$3,967
Pre-primary education teacherS$3,600S$4,000S$4,800
Pre-school education managerS$2,749S$6,080S$8,434
Precision grinding machine setter-operatorS$2,740S$3,227S$3,882
Premises and facilities maintenance manager (excluding building security manager)S$5,000S$6,542S$8,704
Premises and facilities maintenance officerS$3,200S$3,875S$4,715
Printing machine operatorS$1,700S$2,229S$3,452
Private security officerS$2,250S$2,748S$2,971
Private tutor (academic)S$2,600S$4,250S$5,370
Process engineerS$4,990S$5,833S$7,600
Process engineering technicianS$3,784S$4,461S$5,309
Procurement engineerS$4,906S$6,500S$8,956
Procurement/purchasing clerkS$1,600S$2,850S$3,878
Procurement/purchasing managerS$6,000S$8,367S$12,248
Producer (stage, film, television, game, commercial, video and radio)S$5,000S$6,736S$9,273
Product and industrial designerS$4,218S$5,710S$7,782
Production engineerS$4,862S$6,251S$10,083
Production engineering technicianS$3,343S$4,380S$5,893
Production manager in agriculture and fisheriesS$5,580S$6,930S$10,389
Production planning clerkS$2,193S$3,538S$4,908
Proofreading clerkS$3,600S$5,000S$7,000
PsychiatristS$6,489S$6,886S$9,312
Public relations/corporate communications professionalS$3,630S$4,305S$5,500
Purchasing agentS$3,570S$4,248S$5,237
Quality assurance technicianS$3,300S$4,292S$5,651
Quality control/assurance engineerS$4,794S$6,310S$8,471
Quality control/assurance managerS$6,174S$9,100S$14,094
Quantity surveyorS$4,000S$5,030S$6,322
Radiation therapistS$4,424S$5,629S$7,186
Rail station service assistantS$1,500S$2,810S$3,312
Real estate agentS$2,966S$3,800S$6,109
Receptionist (general)S$1,977S$2,724S$3,349
Regional sales managerS$7,245S$11,000S$17,850
Registered nurse and other nursing professional (e.g. clinical nurse, nurse educator, excluding enrolled nurse)S$4,261S$5,276S$6,835
Relief teacherS$1,732S$2,765S$3,332
Research and development managerS$7,061S$10,896S$17,189
Research officer (non-statistical)S$4,500S$5,200S$6,812
Resident technical officerS$2,888S$3,800S$4,921
Residential and open areas general cleanerS$1,600S$1,750S$2,060
Restaurant managerS$3,000S$4,000S$4,710
Retail managerS$3,517S$4,500S$6,420
Revenue specialistS$4,340S$6,387S$11,000
Risk management managerS$7,558S$11,946S$18,332
Road transport operations officerS$3,875S$4,507S$5,881
Rolling stock engineerS$5,444S$6,795S$7,939
Rolling stock engineering technicianS$2,567S$2,970S$3,436
Safety and security consultantS$6,175S$8,318S$14,833
Safety inspector (vehicles, processes and products)S$3,300S$3,964S$5,378
Sales demonstratorS$1,750S$2,550S$4,216
Sales managerS$5,000S$7,049S$10,353
Sales professional (institutional sales of financial products)S$6,331S$9,583S$16,750
Sales supervisorS$2,532S$3,220S$4,080
Salesperson (door-to-door)S$1,600S$3,811S$7,900
School counsellorS$2,252S$3,497S$6,830
School principalS$5,755S$6,967S$8,853
Script writer and editorS$3,369S$3,945S$6,737
SecretaryS$3,728S$5,035S$6,840
Securities and finance brokerS$5,817S$8,508S$14,351
Securities and finance dealerS$5,200S$7,896S$17,203
Securities clerkS$4,545S$5,972S$7,046
Security managerS$3,800S$6,729S$10,000
Security operations specialistS$5,375S$7,700S$12,250
Security supervisorS$2,750S$3,236S$3,450
Semi-conductor engineerS$5,638S$6,600S$8,723
Semi-conductor technicianS$3,217S$4,462S$8,770
Senior cook (e.g. station chef, commis cook 1, station cook)S$2,678S$3,425S$4,297
Senior private security officerS$2,950S$3,082S$3,366
Senior security supervisorS$3,346S$3,720S$4,249
Service designerS$5,162S$8,557S$12,890
Sewing machine operatorS$1,738S$2,267S$3,000
Ship broker (e.g. charter or sales & purchase)S$4,180S$9,000S$17,700
Ship chartererS$6,860S$12,399S$18,360
Shipping agent/boarding officerS$3,307S$4,046S$5,370
Shipping clerkS$2,600S$3,320S$4,218
Shop sales assistantS$1,600S$2,359S$2,800
Slimming consultantS$3,115S$4,081S$5,621
Social science researcherS$6,250S$6,600S$8,917
Social service managerS$4,130S$5,643S$8,319
Social work associateS$2,835S$3,378S$4,014
Social worker (general)S$3,920S$4,405S$5,374
Software and applications managerS$7,620S$10,779S$15,816
Software developerS$6,658S$8,888S$13,513
SonographerS$3,950S$5,200S$8,247
Speech therapistS$4,381S$4,764S$6,167
Sports and recreational attendant (e.g. golf marshal, golf caddie, fun fair attendant, bowling alley attendant, swimming pool attendant)S$2,350S$2,980S$3,800
Sports centre managerS$3,598S$4,895S$7,308
Sports coachS$3,380S$4,896S$7,100
Stationary plant and machine supervisor/general foremanS$3,343S$4,705S$7,753
Statistical clerkS$4,000S$4,401S$5,000
Statistical officer/data analystS$5,807S$8,356S$12,201
StatisticianS$3,887S$4,720S$6,465
Stock records clerkS$1,950S$2,716S$3,933
StorekeeperS$2,000S$2,500S$3,080
Strategic planning managerS$8,185S$12,936S$19,546
Supervisor/general foreman (building and related trades)S$2,000S$3,480S$4,800
Supervisor/general foreman (electrical and electronic trades, excluding lift)S$3,383S$4,796S$6,750
Supervisor/general foreman (food processing, woodworking, garment, leather and related trades)S$3,449S$3,861S$4,000
Supervisor/general foreman (metal, machinery and related trades)S$4,048S$7,712S$9,090
Supervisor/general foreman (precision, handicraft, printing and related trades)S$3,345S$4,739S$6,489
Supervisor/general foreman of assemblers and quality checkersS$3,964S$5,775S$8,000
Supply and distribution/logistics/warehousing managerS$5,050S$6,650S$9,882
Systems designer/analystS$5,772S$6,966S$9,500
Table-top cleanerS$1,420S$1,670S$1,840
Tailor/dressmakerS$1,450S$2,098S$3,500
Tax accountantS$6,595S$9,726S$14,893
Tax associate professionalS$3,600S$4,300S$5,025
Tea server/steward (excluding bartender, barista and food/drink stall assistant)S$1,570S$1,725S$2,084
Teacher aideS$2,200S$2,500S$3,130
Teaching assistant/tutor in universityS$4,500S$5,800S$6,000
Technical sales professionalS$5,104S$6,850S$10,250
Technical writerS$4,368S$5,891S$9,392
Technical/engineering services manager (excluding transport)S$6,034S$8,684S$12,391
Technical/vocational/commercial education institute teacher and trainerS$3,360S$3,800S$4,542
Telecommunications engineerS$4,865S$6,158S$10,106
Telecommunications technicianS$2,961S$3,421S$3,998
TelemarketerS$2,900S$4,072S$5,000
Telephone operatorS$1,890S$2,523S$3,645
Tool and die makerS$3,380S$4,017S$4,763
Tour guideS$2,525S$2,881S$3,857
Trade brokerS$5,768S$13,500S$20,000
Traditional chinese medicine practitionerS$2,452S$4,289S$7,120
Trailer-truck driver (including prime mover driver)S$2,056S$2,860S$3,837
Train operations officerS$2,742S$3,385S$3,992
Train operatorS$2,542S$2,774S$3,258
Train service supervisorS$2,698S$3,272S$4,027
Training and staff development professionalS$3,751S$4,490S$6,171
Training managerS$5,214S$5,960S$7,270
TranslatorS$4,776S$6,456S$8,924
Transport/technical operations manager (except port/shipping operations)S$5,381S$7,679S$12,650
Travel agency managerS$5,630S$7,770S$11,580
Travel consultant/reservation executiveS$2,500S$3,810S$5,057
Treasury managerS$7,750S$9,405S$11,795
Tree worker/technicianS$1,878S$1,921S$2,100
Typist and word processing operatorS$2,160S$2,803S$3,800
UndertakerS$3,000S$4,137S$4,735
Underwater diverS$3,320S$4,030S$5,975
University lecturerS$9,434S$12,990S$17,850
Urban plannerS$4,382S$5,382S$7,500
UrologistS$6,071S$6,729S$9,696
Van driverS$1,500S$2,148S$2,886
Vehicle attendantS$2,000S$2,620S$3,129
VeterinarianS$5,492S$8,500S$11,390
Veterinary technician/assistantS$2,905S$3,531S$4,851
Video camera operatorS$3,900S$5,434S$6,842
Visual merchandiserS$3,614S$4,736S$7,032
Volunteer executiveS$2,600S$3,565S$4,367
WaiterS$1,400S$1,565S$2,099
Warehouse workerS$2,070S$2,458S$3,114
Waste recycling sorterS$1,801S$2,110S$3,639
Waste truck driver (including hooklift trucks with roll-on containers)S$3,441S$4,140S$4,780
Watch and clock assembler/repairerS$2,925S$4,500S$6,016
Web and mobile applications developerS$6,050S$7,000S$9,314
Website administrator/webmasterS$3,200S$4,500S$8,166
Welder and flame cutterS$2,300S$3,050S$4,443
Wellness centre manager (e.g. hair/beauty/slimming/spa/manicure/massage)S$3,800S$5,635S$8,725
Wholesale trade managerS$6,199S$8,905S$14,500
Youth work associateS$2,400S$2,500S$2,800

MOM’s Occupational Wage Survey, June 2024. Monthly wages before CPF, with allowances and overtime but no bonus, in private firms with 25 or more staff. Government teachers, public hospital staff and other public officers aren’t in it. A wage at a round figure such as S$20,000 is what the survey reports.

Pay by industry, work and qualification

By industry

Pay by industry
GroupMiddleTop 25% from
Financial and insurance servicesS$8,000S$12,000+
Information and communicationS$6,900S$10,900
Public administration and educationS$6,150S$9,250
Professional servicesS$6,000S$10,150
ManufacturingS$5,100S$8,350
Health and social servicesS$4,400S$6,750
Real estate servicesS$4,300S$7,250
Wholesale and retail tradeS$4,200S$7,550
ConstructionS$4,100S$6,700
Arts, entertainment and recreationS$3,900S$6,000
Transportation and storageS$3,500S$5,450
Other community, social and personal servicesS$2,950S$4,850
Administrative and support servicesS$2,650S$4,000
Accommodation and food servicesS$2,250S$3,450

By type of work

Pay by type of work
GroupMiddleTop 25% from
Managers and administratorsS$10,300S$12,000+
ProfessionalsS$7,500S$10,350
Associate professionals and techniciansS$4,200S$5,450
Clerical support workersS$2,900S$3,750
Craftsmen and related tradesS$2,750S$3,850
Plant and machine operatorsS$2,600S$3,550
Service and sales workersS$2,550S$3,550
Cleaners and labourersS$1,850S$2,300

By qualification

Pay by highest qualification
GroupMiddleTop 25% from
DegreeS$7,700S$11,500
Diploma or professional qualificationS$4,350S$6,250
SecondaryS$3,050S$4,300
Post-secondary (A-level, ITE and similar)S$3,000S$4,150
Lower secondaryS$2,550S$3,650
Primary or belowS$1,950S$2,700

Worked out the same way as pay by age: our estimates for June 2025, before employer CPF, with part-timers in.

Men, women and pay over a career

Women under 30 earn more than men: S$4,333 against S$4,008 at 25 to 29. By 35 to 39 that has turned round, to S$6,771 against S$5,833. Across all ages, with employer CPF, men’s median is S$6,000 and women’s S$5,460.

Median pay by age and sex
AgeMenWomen
15 to 19S$1,600S$1,640
20 to 24S$2,600S$2,990
25 to 29S$4,008S$4,333
30 to 34S$5,417S$5,375
35 to 39S$6,771S$5,833
40 to 44S$7,467S$6,067
45 to 49S$7,500S$5,958
50 to 54S$6,500S$5,280
55 to 59S$5,000S$3,998
60 and overS$3,000S$2,665

MOM’s medians for full-time citizens and PRs, June 2025, without employer CPF.

Pay climbs fast early on. Men aged 25 to 29 had a median of S$3,088 in 2015, while men aged 35 to 39 had S$6,771 in 2025. For women the same two figures are S$3,250 and S$5,833. These are groups at two dates, not the same people followed through time.

The median since 2001

Median pay In 2025 dollars

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The median rose from S$3,949 in 2015 to S$5,775 in 2025, up 46%. After inflation on SingStat’s all-items index, the rise is about 23%. Download the CSV: the median each year and every job’s wages.

The next median

We put the June 2026 median at about S$5,970. MOM’s mean rose 3.4% from 2Q 2025 to 2Q 2026, so we raise last June’s median by the same share. MOM’s last advance figure came out on 28 Nov 2025. We’ll show its new figure beside ours when it’s out.

The same sum on earlier years
JuneSum givesMOM’s medianMiss
2022S$5,052S$5,070−S$18
2023S$5,068S$5,197−S$129
2024S$5,520S$5,500+S$20
2025S$5,755S$5,775−S$20

Only 4 years can be tested, and the largest miss is S$129. The mean used for 2026 is preliminary and leaves out bonuses, so treat this as a rough guide.

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Pay and work in Singapore

Questions people ask

What is the average salary in Singapore?

The mean is S$6,605 a month (2Q 2026) and the median S$5,775 (June 2025), both counting employer CPF. The median suits most people, as half earn more and half less. Before employer CPF, it’s S$5,000.

What’s the difference between mean and median?

The mean adds up everyone’s pay and divides by the number of people. The median is the person in the middle. MOM itself warns that the mean can be skewed upwards by a small number of very high earners.

Is my salary good?

That depends on your age, costs and household, so we can only show where it ranks. S$5,000 a month puts you ahead of about 49% of full-time workers, S$8,000 about 72% and S$10,000 about 81%. Try your own pay by age and job.

What salary is the top 10% or top 1%?

About S$13,800 a month for the top 10% of full-time workers and about S$19,650 for the top 5%, before employer CPF. MOM’s bands stop at S$22,500, so we can’t give a pay line for the top 1%.

What’s the median salary at 30?

The middle of workers aged 25 to 29 earns about S$4,250 a month, at 30 to 34 about S$5,350 and at 35 to 39 about S$6,100, before employer CPF. These estimates include part-timers. See every age.

Which jobs pay the most?

By middle wage in MOM’s survey of 562 private-sector jobs, the five highest are:

  • Flying instructor (except air force): S$20,000
  • Foreign exchange broker: S$19,750
  • In-house legal counsel (except judiciary, ministries and statutory boards): S$17,972
  • Commodities trader (excluding oil and bunker): S$16,000
  • Chief information officer/chief technology officer/chief security officer: S$15,258
Do these figures include bonus?

MOM’s medians and bands include one-twelfth of annual bonuses. Its quarterly mean and its job wages don’t. The table above shows what each figure counts.

Are foreigners counted?

No. MOM’s medians, bands and mean cover citizens and PRs, so someone on an Employment Pass is being compared with residents, not with other foreign workers. The job wages are for residents too.

Why do I see different salary figures?

Mostly because they count different things. S$5,775 and S$5,000 are the same median, with and without employer CPF. The S$6,605 mean takes in part-timers and very high earners, but no bonus. On any salary figure, check the year, whether employer CPF is in it, and who is counted.

Is my pay kept?

No. The tool runs in your browser and sends nothing to us. A copied link holds your figures after the # sign, which browsers don’t send to websites.

The checks

Our ranks are estimates, so the page tests them against MOM’s published medians every time it loads.

CaseMOMOursClose
Rank of MOM’s median pay among full-time workers50%49.0%✓
Middle, aged 30 to 34S$5,375 to S$5,417S$5,350✓
Middle, aged 35 to 39S$5,833 to S$6,771S$6,100✓
Middle, aged 40 to 44S$6,067 to S$7,467S$6,600✓
Middle, aged 45 to 49S$5,958 to S$7,500S$6,450✓

MOM’s column shows its full-time medians for men and women at each age. “Close” means within 2 points on rank, or within 3% of those two medians on pay.

How we work this out

MOM publishes how many people fall in each income band. We assume pay is spread evenly within a band, then work out the share below your pay. When we hid a band’s split in past data and estimated it, the typical miss was under 1 point and the largest about 4, on bands twice as wide as the real ones.

  • Full-time rank: from MOM’s bands for full-time citizens and PRs, up to S$22,500. Above that line, we show only the top group you’re in.
  • Age, qualification, industry and type of work: from MOM’s open bands, which count part-timers too and stop at S$12,000.
  • Job: MOM’s own quartiles, with no estimate of ours.
  • After inflation: our sum on SingStat’s all-items CPI, so it can differ a little from MOM’s real figures.
  • This page shows numbers, not advice. See our disclaimer, how we get our numbers and corrections.

Contains information from MOM’s datasets on data.gov.sg (median pay, pay by age, by type of work, by industry, by qualification, by job) accessed on 6 Nov 2026 under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. The mean and the full-time income bands behind our ranks are from the Manpower Research and Statistics Department: source, MRSD, MOM. This page is not connected with or endorsed by MOM or any other agency.

Changes to this page

  1. Average and median salary in Singapore: what each official figure counts, where your pay ranks overall and by age, qualification and job, and wages in 562 jobs. Average and median salary