Top 100 jobs in Singapore

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.

1. Specialised surgeon $22,821
2. Managing director $20,289
3. General manager $15,300
4. General physician $14,653
5. Company director $13,970
6. Legal officer $10,408
7. Risk management manager $10,350
8. Treasury manager $10,155
9. Financial analyst $10,033
10. Commodities futures broker $10,000
11. Financial planner $9,167
12. Business management consultant $9,039
13. Foreign exchange dealer and broker $9,000
14. Hydrographic surveyor $8,900
15. Industrial relations manager $8,870
16. Operations manager (Finance) $8,763
17. Business development manager $8,350
18. Trade broker $8,334
19. Computer operations and network manager $8,223
20. Operations manager (Commerce) $8,129
21. Legal service manager $8,080
22. Computer and information systems manager $8,075
23. Research and development manager $7,808
24. Budgeting and financial accounting manager $7,800
25. Marine superintendent engineer $7,650
26. Engineering manager $7,521
27. Training manager $7,500
28. Manufacturing plant and production manager $7,450
29. Marketing manager $7,327
30. Personnel / human resource manager $7,300
31. Logistics manager $7,150
32. Technical manager $7,064
33. Sales manager $6,918
34. Quality assurance manager $6,880
35. Instrumentation engineer $6,817
36. Statistician $6,707
37. Chemical engineer (petroleum) $6,670
38. Business analyst $6,667
39. Procurement manager $6,637
40. Advocate and solicitor $6,500
41. Advertising and public relations manager $6,495
42. Corporate planning manager $6,488
43. Shipping manager $6,440
44. Industrial health, safety and environment engineer $6,355
45. Personal banker $6,350
46. Premises maintenance manager $6,300
47. Transport operations manager $6,250
48. Chemical engineering technician (petroleum) $6,245
49. Editor (newspapers and periodicals) $6,210
50. Pharmacologist $6,085
51. Credit analyst $6,084
52. Chemical engineer (petrochemicals) $6,038
53. Advertising copywriter $6,000
54. Securities dealer and broker $6,000
55. Database administrator $5,996
56. Sports coach $5,965
57. Administration manager $5,890
58. Editor (radio, television and video) $5,843
59. Geophysicist $5,831
60. Customer service manager $5,750
61. Power generation and distribution engineer $5,695
62. Market research analyst $5,521
63. Marine superintendent (deck) $5,450
64. Chemical engineer $5,432
65. Building architect $5,425
66. Operations manager (Community) $5,406
67. Petroleum and natural gas engineer $5,379
68. Instrumentation technician $5,351
69. Aeronautical engineer $5,334
70. Building and construction project manager $5,300
71. Semi-conductor engineer $5,293
72. Structural engineer $5,270
73. Cad cam engineer $5,202
74. Financial futures dealer and broker $5,145
75. Naval architect $5,143
76. Creative director (Advertising) $5,000
77. Director (stage, film, television and radio) $5,000
78. Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) $5,000
79. Systems designer and analyst $4,997
80. Ship-master $4,945
81. Property / estate manager $4,936
82. Production engineer $4,931
83. Biomedical engineer $4,928
84. Telecommunications service supervisor $4,911
85. Electrical engineer $4,873
86. Mechanical engineer $4,820
87. Industrial nurse $4,802
88. Sewerage and sanitary engineer $4,790
89. Warehousing manager $4,789
90. Medical x-ray technician $4,732
91. Air transport service supervisor $4,713
92. Network systems and data communication analyst $4,685
93. Information technology security specialist $4,679
94. Chemist $4,658
95. Environment health inspector $4,605
96. Civil engineer $4,578
97. Manufacturing engineer $4,568
98. Electronics engineer $4,534
99. Materials engineer $4,524
100. 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.