Top 100 jobs in Singapore (2005)

Top 100 jobs in Singapore

June 30th, 2006

Ministry of Manpower has released the latest Report on Wages in Singapore 2005. It’s a compilation of surveyed data collected in 2005, and released this year (2006).

Notably, the jobs with the top median starting salaries are: advocate and solicitor ($3,800), semi-conductor engineer ($3,595), financial analyst ($3,167), electronic engineer ($2,850), and aeronautical engineer ($2,600).

Based on the same report, the following are the top 100 jobs in terms of gross monthly pay. The number next to each job is the 75th-percentile gross monthly income for that job.

Specialised surgeon $22,821
Managing director $20,289
General manager $15,300
General physician $14,653
Company director $13,970
Legal officer $10,408
Risk management manager $10,350
Treasury manager $10,155
Financial analyst $10,033
Commodities futures broker $10,000
Financial planner $9,167
Business management consultant $9,039
Foreign exchange dealer and broker $9,000
Hydrographic surveyor $8,900
Industrial relations manager $8,870
Operations manager (Finance) $8,763
Business development manager $8,350
Trade broker $8,334
Computer operations and network manager $8,223
Operations manager (Commerce) $8,129
Legal service manager $8,080
Computer and information systems manager $8,075
Research and development manager $7,808
Budgeting and financial accounting manager $7,800
Marine superintendent engineer $7,650
Engineering manager $7,521
Training manager $7,500
Manufacturing plant and production manager $7,450
Marketing manager $7,327
Personnel / human resource manager $7,300
Logistics manager $7,150
Technical manager $7,064
Sales manager $6,918
Quality assurance manager $6,880
Instrumentation engineer $6,817
Statistician $6,707
Chemical engineer (petroleum) $6,670
Business analyst $6,667
Procurement manager $6,637
Advocate and solicitor $6,500
Advertising and public relations manager $6,495
Corporate planning manager $6,488
Shipping manager $6,440
Industrial health, safety and environment engineer $6,355
Personal banker $6,350
Premises maintenance manager $6,300
Transport operations manager $6,250
Chemical engineering technician (petroleum) $6,245
Editor (newspapers and periodicals) $6,210
Pharmacologist $6,085
Credit analyst $6,084
Chemical engineer (petrochemicals) $6,038
Advertising copywriter $6,000
Securities dealer and broker $6,000
Database administrator $5,996
Sports coach $5,965
Administration manager $5,890
Editor (radio, television and video) $5,843
Geophysicist $5,831
Customer service manager $5,750
Power generation and distribution engineer $5,695
Market research analyst $5,521
Marine superintendent (deck) $5,450
Chemical engineer $5,432
Building architect $5,425
Operations manager (Community) $5,406
Petroleum and natural gas engineer $5,379
Instrumentation technician $5,351
Aeronautical engineer $5,334
Building and construction project manager $5,300
Semi-conductor engineer $5,293
Structural engineer $5,270
Cad cam engineer $5,202
Financial futures dealer and broker $5,145
Naval architect $5,143
Creative director (Advertising) $5,000
Director (stage, film, television and radio) $5,000
Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) $5,000
Systems designer and analyst $4,997
Ship-master $4,945
Property / estate manager $4,936
Production engineer $4,931
Biomedical engineer $4,928
Telecommunications service supervisor $4,911
Electrical engineer $4,873
Mechanical engineer $4,820
Industrial nurse $4,802
Sewerage and sanitary engineer $4,790
Warehousing manager $4,789
Medical x-ray technician $4,732
Air transport service supervisor $4,713
Network systems and data communication analyst $4,685
Information technology security specialist $4,679
Chemist $4,658
Environment health inspector $4,605
Civil engineer $4,578
Manufacturing engineer $4,568
Electronics engineer $4,534
Materials engineer $4,524
Accountant $4,500

Note that “monthly gross salary/wage” refers to:
the sum of the basic wage, overtime payments, commissions, allowances, service points and other regular cash payments. However, it excludes employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments and payments-in-kind.