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Distribution Of Full-Time Employees By Work-Week Pattern - Industry (Level 1)

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. (5) '-': Nil or negligible.

Data from Jun 2008 to Jun 2024

Last updated 2 months ago (30 Jun 2026)

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DistributionOfFullTimeEmployeesByWorkWeekPatternIndustryLevel1.csv (180 rows, 7.3 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Industry1
Text
Work Week Pattern
Text
Distribution
Text
(Null)0.0%
200811.1%
201011.1%
201211.1%
201411.1%
(Null)0.0%
others25.0%
services25.0%
construction25.0%
manufacturing25.0%
(Null)0.0%
5 days20.0%
others20.0%
shift work20.0%
6 days (incl those with reg sat off)20.0%
(Null)4.4%
2008manufacturing5 days39.1
2008manufacturing5.5 days (incl those with reg sat off)30.6
2008manufacturing6 days (incl those with reg sat off)9.3
2008manufacturingshift work20.8
2008manufacturingothers0.2
2008construction5 days7.4
2008construction5.5 days (incl those with reg sat off)29.3
2008construction6 days (incl those with reg sat off)61.1
2008constructionshift work1.3
2008constructionothers0.9
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_60117eac5efb93aec9943c5c3ef2f51c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Distribution Of Full-Time Employees By Work-Week Pattern - Industry (Level 1) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_60117eac5efb93aec9943c5c3ef2f51c/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)