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

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

Data from Jan 2001 to Jan 2023

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:23 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)
  1. Reference month of June
  2. Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
  3. 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.
  4. 2007 data have been adjusted based on latest revised population estimates from the Singapore Department of Statistics to facilitate comparisons with 2008 onwards.
  5. Data pertain to full-time employed residents excluding full-time National Servicemen.
  6. 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.
  7. 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

Data explorer

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%
200123872100
200223802083
200324102100
200423262100
200624492167
200725432333
200828972588
200929272600
201030002708
201132492925

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Including Employer CPF)med_income_incl_empcpfNumeric--
Median Gross Monthly Income From Work (Excluding Employer CPF)med_income_excl_empcpfNumeric--
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

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())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Manpower. (2016). Median Gross Monthly Income From Employment of Full-Time Employed Residents (Total) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7b5fd60b047a80da91d2adb86cf47628/view

About this dataset

Contact

chan_hui_rong@mom.gov.sgng_mun_yi@mom.gov.sg

Created on

14 Apr 2016

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)