Top 100 Jobs In Singapore 2010

This is the 2010 edition of our very popular list of 100 best-paying jobs in Singapore.

As with previous editions, this list is based on income data from the recently released MOM Report on Wages in Singapore 2009.

MOM uses actual CPF data, but only the base monthly wage data are published. This means bonuses and shared profits are excluded.

The following is the list of top 100 best-paying jobs (extracted from what are published by MOM). The wage numbers are the third-quartile monthly gross wages.

1. Managing director – $25,886
2. Foreign exchange dealer and broker – $17,434
3. General manager – $16,616
4. Company director – $15,570
5. Hydrographic surveyor – $12,100
6. Legal service manager – $11,417
7. Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) – $11,050
8. General physician – $10,979
9. Business management consultant – $10,634
10. Commodities futures broker – $10,352
11. Training manager – $10,080
12. Information technology auditor – $9,800
13. Computer and information systems manager – $9,751
14. Operations manager (Finance) – $9,528
15. Business development manager – $9,489
16. Legal officer – $9,415
17. Risk management manager – $9,279
18. Corporate planning manager – $8,815
19. Engineering manager – $8,700
20. Marketing manager – $8,697
21. Personnel / Human resource manager – $8,650
22. Technical manager – $8,641
23. Budgeting and financial accounting manager – $8,600
24. Research and development manager – $8,576
25. Computer operations and network manager – $8,550
26. Marine superintendent (Deck) – $8,245
27. Quality assurance manager – $8,200
28. Creative director (Advertising) – $8,000
29. Sales manager – $7,960
30. Customer service manager – $7,957
31. Industrial health, safety and environment engineer – $7,945
32. Fund manager – $7,892
33. Chemical engineer (Petrochemicals) – $7,874
34. Advertising and public relations manager – $7,847
35. Manufacturing plant and production manager – $7,845
36. Treasury manager – $7,780
37. Logistics manager – $7,777
38. Shipping manager – $7,715
39. Chemical engineer (Petroleum) – $7,670
40. Structural engineer – $7,600
41. Building architect – $7,403
42. Advocate and solicitor – $7,400
43. Procurement manager – $7,358
44. Administration manager – $7,350
45. Property / Estate manager – $7,000
46. Producer (Stage, film, television and radio) – $6,924
47. Materials engineer – $6,815
48. Business analyst – $6,760
49. Biologist – $6,745
50. Industrial relations manager – $6,689
51. Operations manager – $6,648
52. Building and construction project manager – $6,600
53. Editor (Radio, television and video) – $6,592
54. Civil engineer – $6,558
55. Ship-master – $6,545
56. Instrumentation engineer – $6,538
57. Medical scientist – $6,531
58. Premises maintenance manager – $6,503
59. Flight operations officer – $6,403
60. Transport operations manager – $6,355
61. Audio and video equipment engineer – $6,250
62. Chemical engineering technician (Petrochemicals) – $6,206
63. Computer engineer – $6,006
64. Finance sales associate professional – $5,944
65. Information technology security specialist – $5,939
66. Biomedical engineer – $5,892
67. Aeronautical engineer – $5,873
68. Biochemist – $5,865
69. Sales representative (Technical) – $5,788
70. Financial analyst – $5,670
71. Telecommunications engineer – $5,630
72. Automotive engineer – $5,625
73. Industrial machinery and tools engineer – $5,532
74. Warehousing manager – $5,500
75. Food and drink technologist – $5,436
76. Soil mechanic and piling engineer – $5,427
77. Network systems and data communication analyst – $5,425
78. Database administrator – $5,375
79. Application programmer – $5,328
80. Marine engineer – $5,250
81. Credit analyst – $5,240
82. Chemical engineer – $5,194
83. Chief / executive cook – $5,192
84. Production engineer – $5,163
85. School counsellor – $5,161
86. Sales representative (Medical and pharmaceutical products) – $5,150
87. Building construction engineer – $5,125
88. Lift engineer – $5,100
89. Manufacturing engineer – $5,092
90. QC engineer – $5,037
91. Market research analyst – $5,000
92. Semi-conductor engineer – $5,000
93. Systems designer and analyst – $5,000
94. Electronics engineer – $4,990
95. Electronics and electrical engineer – $4,965
96. Automation engineer – $4,916
97. Systems programmer – $4,907
98. Software engineer – $4,900
99. Specialised nurse – $4,893
100. Surveyor – $4,882

Compare this with our 100 Best Jobs List 2009.