— https://www.straitstimes.com/business/oil-traders-earn-big-median-wages-jump-for-some-wellness-jobs-mom-salary-data (to be locked up) is a 2023 survey (published 12M later) across 500 well-defined professions, as defind by MOM
| Job title | Number of workers in sample |
Median monthly gross wage as at June 2023[1] |
|
| 1 | Oil and bunker trader | 87 | 14,911 |
| 2 | CIO/CTO/CSO #security | 727 | 13,840 |
| 3 | Enterprise/solution architect | 392 | 13,682 |
| 5 | University lecturer | 2,950 | 13,108 |
| 6 | Insurance services manager | 272 | 12,407 |
| 7 | Strategic planning manager | 557 | 12,312 |
| 8 | Chief operating officer/general manager | 2,159 | 12,137 |
| 9 | Risk management manager | 432 | 11,558 |
| 11 | Director (stage, film, television, game, ads, video , radio) | 156 | 11,252 |
| 12 | InfoComm technology sales and services professional | 237 | 11,250 |
| 13 | Financial/investment adviser (eg RM) | 1,366 | 11,129 |
| 14 | Financial risk manager | 380 | 10,817 |
| 15 | Specialist medical practitioner (medical) | 422 | 10,693 |
| 16 | Regional sales manager | 563 | 10,597 |
| 17 | Financial services manager | 1,531 | 10,580 |
| 18 | Editor (news and periodicals) | 410 | 10,577 |
| 20 | RnD manager | 1,813 | 10,262 |
- [1] Criteria and basis — Gross = sum of basic wage, overtime payments, commissions, allowances and other regular [consistent, reliable] cash payments. It is before deduction of employee CPF contributions and personal income tax, and excludes employer CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options etc.
- Note SWE is not within G20
- CEO .. no such job title, but CIO/CTO and CSO are grouped into one profession.
- I removed several vague job titles having small samples .. #4 #10 #19
- junior to senior professionals are well-represented in each “histogram”, and (senior) outliers don’t affect median
— https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/ever-wondered-how-much-your-doctor-and-lawyer-friends-earn is a 2020 article written for Singapore parents. It briefly describes each profession.
Commercial Pilots who do long-haul flights on full-service airlines can command five-figure salaries
| Popular job in Singapore | Median salary |
| Doctor (GP) | $12,052 |
| Pilot (Commercial) | $9,000* |
| Lawyer | $8,300 |
| Teacher (Secondary) | $5,000* |
| Architect | $4,500 |
* Approximate figures taken from payscale.com
The median is a statistic from a sample including fresh graduates and part-timers.
These figures mostly come from MOM. The same MOM webpage shows
- SWE median $5300, consistent with my 2015 experience with main street job market
- CIO/CTO’s median $11,179
— architect graduates .. 2022 CNA article https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/6pm-it-feels-its-lunchtime-low-pay-long-hours-driving-away-singapores-young-architect-hopefuls-2763336 says
Job portal Glassdoor pegged the average base salary for architectural assistants at S$3,400 per month as of June 2022, though the sum typically ranges from S$3,000 to slightly more than S$4,000, according to those CNA spoke to. One recent graduate, who only wanted to be known as Ms Tan, lamented: “Architecture graduates study a year more than regular degree holders, so we take five years … but we come out earning less. Progression is also very, very slow. After five years, if you start at high (three thousand), you may not even reach S$5,000 – which is what other people’s starting pay is.”
“We are bound by the Competition Act, so we cannot impose a minimum professional fee … so people undercut each other,” said Jessica, who has worked in the industry for four years.
Singapore Institute of Architects’ president Melvin Tan said “If you look at today’s market, the fees, unfortunately, are a fraction of what they were 20 years ago.” He estimated 5,000 to 6,000 architects and architectural assistants practice in Singapore.