Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015)

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Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8309

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyIncomefromWorkofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (17 rows, 2.7 KB)

Thousands Text	Total Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) Below 1,000 Text	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 1,000 - 1,499 Text	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 1,500 - 1,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 2,000 - 2,499 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 2,500 - 2,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 3,000 - 3,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 4,000 - 4,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 5,000 - 5,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 6,000 - 6,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 7,000 - 7,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 8,000 - 8,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 9,000 - 9,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 10,000 - 10,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 11,000 - 11,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 12,000 & Over Numeric	(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) Not Working Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)5.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	939	20.3	52.1	46.1	50.2	42.2	84.4	69.6	67.2	52.1	45.9	37.8	26.5	29	17.6	124.8	172.9
Below 1,000	41.5	3.3	4.2	3.5	3.4	2.2	4.4	2.9	2.4	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.1	2.7	7
1,000 - 1,499	60.6	2.7	9.8	5.2	5	3.5	6.8	3.7	3.7	2.6	2	1.4	0.8	0.9	0.4	3.1	9.1
1,500 - 1,999	44	1.3	3.5	4.4	4.3	3.6	6.1	3.9	3.1	2.2	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.3	2.5	5.8
2,000 - 2,499	43.2	1.2	2.5	3.3	4.4	3.2	5.5	4	3.6	2.6	1.6	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.5	2.2	5.4
2,500 - 2,999	36.8	0.7	2.2	2	2	3.2	6.3	4	3.5	2.8	1.3	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.7	3.6
3,000 - 3,999	64.9	1	2.4	2.9	3.3	4.2	9.3	8.2	7	4.9	4.8	3	1.6	1.7	0.7	4.2	5.8
4,000 - 4,999	54.2	0.8	2.1	1.9	2.8	2.5	7.1	7.9	6.2	4.2	3.4	3.2	1.8	1.3	0.6	4.3	4.2
5,000 - 5,999	44.3	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.2	1.7	4	4.2	6.2	4.2	4.1	3	1.8	2.2	1	4.8	2.3
6,000 - 6,999	35.6	0.2	0.7	1	1.1	1.2	2.6	2.9	3.7	4.1	3.6	2.7	1.8	1.5	1.5	5.4	1.6

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) Below 1,000	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_Below1_000	Text	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 1,000 - 1,499	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_1_000_1_499	Text	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 1,500 - 1,999	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_1_500_1_999	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 2,000 - 2,499	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_2_000_2_499	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 2,500 - 2,999	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_2_500_2_999	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 3,000 - 3,999	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_3_000_3_999	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 4,000 - 4,999	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_4_000_4_999	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Monthly Income from Work1/ of Husband ($)) 5,000 - 5,999	MonthlyIncomefromWork1_ofHusband_5_000_5_999	Numeric	Thousands	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2026). Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_51d027fd0e658f25b99a5a5e9ea68396/view

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