It’s always useful to know the salary levels for your industry, function and years of experience. This information can be priceless during a job search, when making career/educational choices, when asking for a raise and various other situations.
To help you get salary information quickly, here is a compilation of all the salary reports and guides for Singapore.
Depending in your industry and function, you’ll find that 2-3 of these guides will provide data which is especially useful/detailed for your specific purposes. So do make sure to have a look at a few of them at least.
In some cases the reports will be available online and in others you’ll be able to download them, either directly or after filling in a short form.
1) JobStreet Singapore Salary Report
Contains minimum/average/maximum salary for various job titles, including differences due to level of seniority. The salary data is sampled from monthly salaries (excluding bonus & other compensation) of JobStreet.com’s 7 million members.
2) Career Compass Occupation Index
This website is managed by the Singapore Government. It provides information on various occupations, which also contains salary information. Once on the website, select the occupation of interest and then look in the ‘Earnings’ section.
3) PayScale Singapore Salary Report
Provides a salary report based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience. While data for Singapore is less detailed than say the USA, there is still some good information and interesting charts/reports that are available.
4) Hays Singapore Salary Survey & Guide
The data contained within this salary survey is based on feedback from employers in addition to Hays’ experience filling hundreds of vacancies across the region.
5) Kelly Singapore Salary Guide
On an annual basis, Kelly Services compiles an Employment Outlook and Salary Guide, a comprehensive reference tool on the salary trends, job titles and employment outlook across industries. The Singapore salary ranges are indicative of actual transactions between employers and employees and represent a reflection of the marketplace.
6) Michael Page Singapore Salary & Employment Forecast
Incorporating the responses of 400 senior managers from Singapore’s corporate sector, the survey provides information on hiring forecasts, salary expectations and key retention strategies for professional occupation groups.
7) MOM Report on Wages in Singapore
The Singapore salary report presents information on wages of over 400 occupations as well as wage changes and bonuses paid in various industries. It also contains information on the extent to which employers have restructured their wage systems and starting salaries of the graduates from local universities, polytechnics and ITE.
8). Robert Walters Singapore Salary Survey
The annual Robert Walters Singapore Salary Survey gives a review of recruitment trends and salary levels. They also have an iPhone salary checker app.
9) Reed Singapore Salary Guide
Reed publishes reports on salary and benefits information for Singapore.
10) JobsCentral Singapore Salary Calculator
Allows you to compare your salary with those of your peers in Singapore. You can also use it to check how much a certain profession makes. The information is based on data from the Ministry of Manpower’s Report on Wages in Singapore.
11) Glassdoor - Singapore Salary
Salary information for different positions and companies in Singapore, posted anonymously by employees.
12) Marks Sattin Report
This is a survey of over 1500 finance and banking professionals in Asia on a range of topics including bonus, benefits, job satisfaction and market sentiment.
13) Salary.sg - Your Salary in Singapore
Blog about Singapore salary and employment
