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Employed Residents Aged 15 Years & Over by Occupation, Industry And Sex

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)
  1. Reference month of June
  2. Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
  3. Data are classified based on Singapore Standard Occupational Classification (SSOC) 2024. Data before year 2025 which were coded based on earlier versions of the SSOC were mapped to SSOC 2024 as far as possible to facilitate data comparability.
  4. Data are classified based on Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020. Data before year 2020 which were coded based on earlier versions of the SSIC were mapped to SSIC 2020 as far as possible to facilitate data comparability.

Source: Comprehensive Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

Data from Jan 2010 to Jan 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (27 Mar 2026)

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EmployedResidentsAged15YearsOverbyOccupationIndustryAndSex.csv (4.3K rows, 363.1 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Sex
Text
Occupation
Text
Industry1
Text
Industry2
Text
Employed
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
20106.3%
20116.3%
20126.3%
20136.3%
(Null)0.0%
male50.0%
female50.0%
(Null)0.0%
others11.1%
professionals11.1%
clerical support workers11.1%
service and sales workers11.1%
(Null)0.0%
services80.0%
others6.7%
construction6.7%
manufacturing6.7%
(Null)0.0%
others6.7%
construction6.7%
manufacturing6.7%
real estate services6.7%
(Null)0.0%
08.5%
1006.3%
2002.8%
3002.2%
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)manufacturingmanufacturing45300
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)constructionconstruction21300
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)serviceswholesale and retail trade53100
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicestransportation and storage16100
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesaccommodation and food services9500
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesinformation and communication22600
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesfinancial and insurance services17300
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesreal estate services4800
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesprofessional services12800
2010malemanagers & administrators (including working proprietors)servicesadministrative and support services7500
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_231dea1bda84483aa96086cdd1cefea1"
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). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years & Over by Occupation, Industry And Sex (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 17, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_231dea1bda84483aa96086cdd1cefea1/view

About this dataset

Contact

brian_pang@mom.gov.sgng_mun_yi@mom.gov.sg

Created on

27 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)