All civil servants will be getting 1.05 months of bonus together with the usual 13th month bonus this year end, according to this CNA news report and PSD official news release. With the 1.05 months of AVC bonus, plus 1 month of NPAA bonus, this is a total of 2.05 months of bonus this year end.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has upgraded Singapore’s GDP growth forecast for 2024 from “2.0 per cent to 3.0 per cent” to “around 3.5 per cent”. The assessment takes into consideration the better-than-expected performance of the Singapore economy in the first three quarters of the year, as well as the latest global and domestic economic situations.
The “13th month” Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance (NPAA), previously known as AWS, will be paid in December.
Junior grade officers will get an additional one-time payment of S$600 for MX15-16 and OSS (Operations Support Scheme). Together with the additional S$250 they have received in mid-year bonuses, these junior civil servants will get an additional one-time sum of up to S$850 for whole of 2024.
If you include this year’s mid-year bonus of 0.45 month, all civil servants will be getting a total guaranteed bonus of 2.5 months for the entire 2024, excluding performance and other additional bonuses. (We understand that some civil servants can receive additionally up to 2-3 months of performance bonus, typically awarded in March. This means some civil servants may get up to 5.5 months of bonuses in total. Check out this Salary.sg Forums discussion thread.)
This year’s total bonus (excluding performance bonus) is 0.6 months more than last year’s AVC + NPAA, which in turn was 0.55 month less than 2022’s total bonus of 2.45 months.
