Highest paying jobs

You can find in today’s Straits Times a list of the top 5% highest paying jobs. The list, which is based on a Manpower Ministry’s report, is not very different from what I posted in my last year’s top 100 jobs post.

Here’s the list (the figures are median monthly gross wages*):

1. Specialised surgeon – $12,750
2. Managing director – $12,000
3. General manager – $11,200
4. Commodities futures broker – $9,500
5. Company director – $9,000
6. Hydrographic surveyor – $8,960
7. Financial futures dealer and broker – $8,348
8. Treasury manager – $7,600
9. Risk management manager – $7,500
10. Legal service manager – $7,304
11. Securities dealer and broker – $7,000
12. Legal officer – $6,637
13. Finance operations manager – $6,350
14. Engineering manager – $6,261
15. Research and development manager – $6,187
16. Foreign exchange dealer and broker – $6,080
17. Advocate and solicitor – $6,040
18. Creative director (advertising) – $6,000
19. Computer and information systems manager – $5,987
20. Computer operations and network manager – $5,866
21. Technical manager – $5,800

* The wages consist of only basic and gross monthly wages, and exclude bonuses and profit sharing.

Report on Wages in Singapore 2006