Median Gross Monthly Income From Employment of Full-Time Employed Residents (Total)

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Data from Jan 2001 to Jan 2023

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:23 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Reference month of June
Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
Data for 2005 are not available as the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these years due to the conduct of the General Household Survey 2005 by the Singapore Department of Statistics.
2007 data have been adjusted based on latest revised population estimates from the Singapore Department of Statistics to facilitate comparisons with 2008 onwards.
Data pertain to full-time employed residents excluding full-time National Servicemen.
Before 2009, full-time employment refers to employment where the normal hours of work is at least 30 hours per week. From 2009 onwards, it refers to employment where the normal hours of work is at least 35 hours per week.
Gross monthly income from employment refers to income earned from employment. For employees, it refers to the gross monthly wages or salaries before deduction of employee CPF contributions and personal income tax. It comprises basic wages, overtime pay, commissions, tips, other allowances and one-twelfth of annual bonuses. For self-employed persons, gross monthly income refers to the average monthly profits from their business, trade or profession (i.e. total receipts less business expenses incurred) before deduction of income tax.

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

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MedianGrossMonthlyIncomeFromEmploymentofFullTimeEmployedResidentsTotal.csv (22 rows, 381 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Including Employer CPF) Numeric	Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Excluding Employer CPF) Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2001	2387	2100
2002	2380	2083
2003	2410	2100
2004	2326	2100
2006	2449	2167
2007	2543	2333
2008	2897	2588
2009	2927	2600
2010	3000	2708
2011	3249	2925

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Including Employer CPF)	med_income_incl_empcpf	Numeric	-	-
Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Excluding Employer CPF)	med_income_excl_empcpf	Numeric	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7b5fd60b047a80da91d2adb86cf47628"
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. (2016). Median Gross Monthly Income From Employment of Full-Time Employed Residents (Total) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 26, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7b5fd60b047a80da91d2adb86cf47628/view

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MedianGrossMonthlyIncomeFromEmploymentofFullTimeEmployedResidentsTotal.csv (22 rows, 381 B)

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