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Distribution Of Full-Time Employees By Work-Week Pattern - Type of Employee

Data from Jun 2008 to Jun 2024

Last updated: 25 Mar 2026, 11:28 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Source: Conditions of Employment Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

Notes: (1) Data pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees and the public sector. (2) 'Others' refers to irregular work-week patterns which include working less than 5 days. (3) Data may not add up due to rounding. (4) Data are available biennially.

Data explorer

DistributionOfFullTimeEmployeesByWorkWeekPatternTypeofEmployee.csv (90 rows, 4.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Type Of Employee Text	Work Week Pattern Text	Distribution Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0% 200811.1% 201011.1% 201211.1% 201411.1%	(Null)0.0% rank-and-file50.0% management and executive50.0%	(Null)0.0% 5 days20.0% others20.0% shift work20.0% 6 days (incl those with reg sat off)20.0%	(Null)0.0%
2008	management and executive	5 days	76.4
2008	rank-and-file	5 days	26.8
2008	management and executive	5.5 days (incl those with reg sat off)	13.1
2008	rank-and-file	5.5 days (incl those with reg sat off)	25.4
2008	management and executive	6 days (incl those with reg sat off)	4.6
2008	rank-and-file	6 days (incl those with reg sat off)	27.4
2008	management and executive	shift work	5.1
2008	rank-and-file	shift work	18.6
2008	management and executive	others	0.8
2008	rank-and-file	others	1.7

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Type Of Employee	type_of_employee	Text	-	-
Work Week Pattern	work_week_pattern	Text	-	-
Distribution	distribution	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_149f6c39f9b6e343b88cba90863c66ba"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Distribution Of Full-Time Employees By Work-Week Pattern - Type of Employee (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 20, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_149f6c39f9b6e343b88cba90863c66ba/view

About this dataset

Contact

quek_seow_leng@mom.gov.sg

Created on

25 Mar 2026

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)