Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Industry, Previous Industry and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2000)

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Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Industry, Previous Industry and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8962

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoChangedJobDuringLast2YearsbyCurrentIndustryPreviousIndustryandHighestQualificationAttainedCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 9 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries* Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Financial Services Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Business Services Numeric	[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Other Services Industries Numeric	(Below Secondary) Total Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries* Text	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Financial Services Text	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Business Services Numeric	[Below Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Other Services Industries Numeric	(Secondary) Total Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries* Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Financial Services Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Business Services Numeric	[Secondary] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Other Services Industries Numeric	(Post-Secondary**) Total Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction Numeric	[Post-Secondary*] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries Text	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Financial Services Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Business Services Numeric	[Post-Secondary**] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Other Services Industries Numeric	(University) Total Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction Text	[University] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries* Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants Text	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Financial Services Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Business Services Numeric	[University] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Other Services Industries Numeric
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Total	309494	92090	68894	21885	1311	217405	57211	22785	30532	19418	48232	39227	79810	28655	20811	7431	413	51156	14321	11470	9280	818	7268	7999	80250	22613	16658	5677	277	57637	18445	6555	9934	3815	8941	9947	86926	25683	19847	5527	308	61243	16484	4008	7497	6775	15067	11411	62508	15140	11577	3250	313	47369	7961	752	3820	8009	16956	9870
Goods Producing Industries	79781	47894	35023	12453	418	31887	11147	2319	4435	1581	7707	4700	23209	15248	10879	4210	159	7961	2745	1196	1498	112	1200	1210	19702	11257	8078	3120	59	8445	3293	687	1397	384	1493	1191	23451	13860	10509	3218	133	9591	3528	371	1072	639	2559	1423	13419	7528	5557	1905	67	5890	1581	65	468	446	2455	876
Manufacturing	58842	34807	31961	2717	129	24035	8879	1823	3098	1269	5365	3602	16593	10897	9891	963	43	5697	2055	930	950	78	808	877	13916	7867	7212	632	24	6048	2475	538	927	278	1003	827	17742	10403	9642	726	36	7339	2900	290	807	497	1715	1132	10590	5639	5217	396	26	4950	1449	65	416	416	1839	766
Construction	19685	12582	2816	9650	116	7103	2033	434	1205	272	2179	981	6236	4183	926	3214	43	2053	642	214	481	34	373	310	5544	3303	813	2464	26	2241	744	144	452	96	471	335	5318	3304	779	2487	38	2014	551	76	237	133	770	248	2587	1792	297	1485	10	795	96	na	36	10	566	88
Other Goods Industries*	1254	505	246	86	173	750	235	62	132	40	163	117	380	168	63	34	72	212	48	53	67	na	19	24	242	86	53	24	10	156	74	5	19	10	19	29	390	153	88	5	60	237	77	5	29	10	74	43	242	97	43	23	31	145	36	na	16	21	50	21
Services Producing Industries	229713	44196	33871	9432	893	185517	46064	20466	26097	17837	40525	34527	56601	13406	9932	3220	254	43195	11575	10274	7783	706	6068	6789	60548	11356	8581	2557	218	49192	15152	5868	8537	3432	7448	8756	63475	11823	9338	2310	175	51653	12957	3638	6426	6136	12508	9988	49090	7611	6020	1345	247	41478	6380	687	3352	7563	14502	8994
Wholesale & Retail Trade	57775	13930	11186	2552	192	43845	24384	2858	4614	2019	5464	4507	15260	4068	3089	917	63	11192	6597	1192	1334	134	810	1125	18332	3861	3069	740	53	14471	8592	1045	1598	580	1311	1345	16420	4078	3418	621	38	12342	6453	537	1183	857	1898	1414	7763	1922	1610	274	39	5840	2742	84	500	448	1445	622
Hotels & Restaurants	21283	3399	2687	676	36	17884	2422	10839	1122	307	1176	2018	12413	2334	1821	499	14	10079	1255	6623	582	86	488	1045	5313	718	574	130	14	4595	771	2530	302	117	266	609	2981	299	251	48	na	2682	336	1444	198	83	307	315	577	48	42	na	7	528	61	242	41	21	114	50
Transport & Communications	35486	6909	5144	1628	137	28577	5502	1457	12929	1370	4082	3237	10410	2417	1653	716	48	7993	1606	529	4484	86	610	678	11750	2192	1609	550	34	9558	2138	600	4615	319	888	999	8302	1555	1232	294	29	6747	1246	277	2656	501	1110	956	5024	745	651	69	26	4279	511	50	1174	464	1475	605
Financial Services	17470	1578	1226	286	67	15891	1610	423	863	8584	2771	1641	616	103	79	24	na	513	110	48	43	163	96	53	3079	349	267	72	10	2730	352	123	232	1285	404	335	5713	597	454	128	14	5116	595	198	354	2627	756	587	8062	530	425	62	43	7532	552	54	234	4509	1516	666

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Total	Total_PreviousIndustry_GoodsProducingIndustries_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Manufacturing	Total_PreviousIndustry_GoodsProducingIndustries_Manufacturing	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Construction	Total_PreviousIndustry_GoodsProducingIndustries_Construction	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Goods Producing Industries- Other Goods Industries*	Total_PreviousIndustry_GoodsProducingIndustries_OtherGoodsIndustries	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Total	Total_PreviousIndustry_ServicesProducingIndustries_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Wholesale & Retail Trade	Total_PreviousIndustry_ServicesProducingIndustries_WholesaleandRetailTrade	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Hotels & Restaurants	Total_PreviousIndustry_ServicesProducingIndustries_HotelsandRestaurants	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Industry) Services Producing Industries- Transport & Communications	Total_PreviousIndustry_ServicesProducingIndustries_TransportandCommunications	Numeric	Number	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Industry, Previous Industry and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6bd7a02c0b86891e8e79ef1971904919/view

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