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Average Monthly Resignation Rate by Occupation - Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 23 Mar 2026, 15:50 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Average Monthly Resignation Rate during a quarter is defined as the average number of persons who resigned in a month during the quarter divided by the average number of employees in the establishment. The annual figures are the simple averages of the quarterly figures Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

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AverageMonthlyResignationRatebyOccupationAnnual.csv (84 rows, 5 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Occupation
Text
Resignation Rate
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
clerical, sales and services workers33.3%
professionals, managers, executives and technicians33.3%
production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers33.3%
(Null)0.0%
1998professionals, managers, executives and technicians1.4
1998clerical, sales and services workers2.9
1998production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2
1999professionals, managers, executives and technicians1.6
1999clerical, sales and services workers2.9
1999production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.1
2000professionals, managers, executives and technicians2
2000clerical, sales and services workers3.5
2000production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.2
2001professionals, managers, executives and technicians1.5

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
OccupationoccupationText--
Resignation Rateresignation_rateTextpercent-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7337e757c744956ac8b6aae6c5207830"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Average Monthly Resignation Rate by Occupation - Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 19, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7337e757c744956ac8b6aae6c5207830/view

About this dataset

Contact

ng_li_mei@mom.gov.sgsamantha_teo@mom.gov.sg

Created on

23 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)