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Change in Average and Median Monthly Household Income from Work (Excluding Employer CPF Contributions) Among Resident and Resident Employed Households (Household Income From Work, Annual 2000-2023)

Last updated: 28 Oct 2024, 10:48 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 07/02/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Survey period: Household Income From Work, Annual 2000-2023

Footnotes: Note: A resident household refers to a household where the household reference person is a Singapore citizen or permanent resident. A resident employed household refers to a resident household with at least one employed person.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17897

Data explorer

ChangeinAverageandMedianMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkExcludingEmployerCPFContributionsAmongResidentandResidentEmployedHouseholdsHouseholdIncomeFromWorkAnnual20002023.csv (29 rows, 2.1 KB)

Per Cent Text	[Nominal Change] (Resident Households) Average Numeric	[Nominal Change] (Resident Households) Median2/ Numeric	[Nominal Change] (Resident Employed Households) Average Numeric	[Nominal Change] (Resident Employed Households) Median2/ Numeric	[Real Change1/] (Resident Households) Average Numeric	[Real Change1/] (Resident Households) Median2/ Numeric	[Real Change1/] (Resident Employed Households) Average Numeric	[Real Change1/] (Resident Employed Households) Median2/ Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2001	7	6.1	5.1	3.5	5.9	5.7	4.1	3.1
2002	-5	-6	-2.9	-2.5	-4.7	-5.8	-2.5	-2.2
2003	0.1	-0.7	0.8	0.3	-0.4	-1.3	0.3	-0.3
2004	2.3	2.4	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	-0.1
2005	4.9	4.6	5.1	5.8	4.4	4.1	4.6	5.2
2006	4.9	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.9	2.6	2.8	2.4
2007	10.1	9.4	9.7	8.6	7.9	7.2	7.4	6.5
2008	12.6	13.1	12.5	12.1	5.6	6.1	5.5	5.2
2009	-3.7	-1.9	-2.6	-1.4	-4.2	-2.8	-3.2	-2.3
2010	5.7	3.1	6.7	5.7	2.8	0.4	3.8	2.9

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
[Nominal Change] (Resident Households) Average	NominalChange_ResidentHouseholds_Average	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Nominal Change] (Resident Households) Median2/	NominalChange_ResidentHouseholds_Median2	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Nominal Change] (Resident Employed Households) Average	NominalChange_ResidentEmployedHouseholds_Average	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Nominal Change] (Resident Employed Households) Median2/	NominalChange_ResidentEmployedHouseholds_Median2	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Real Change1/] (Resident Households) Average	RealChange1_ResidentHouseholds_Average	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Real Change1/] (Resident Households) Median2/	RealChange1_ResidentHouseholds_Median2	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Real Change1/] (Resident Employed Households) Average	RealChange1_ResidentEmployedHouseholds_Average	Numeric	Per Cent	-
[Real Change1/] (Resident Employed Households) Median2/	RealChange1_ResidentEmployedHouseholds_Median2	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bbd44eba5187c6819bba03543b40408b"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Change in Average and Median Monthly Household Income from Work (Excluding Employer CPF Contributions) Among Resident and Resident Employed Households (Household Income From Work, Annual 2000-2023) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bbd44eba5187c6819bba03543b40408b/view

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28 Oct 2024

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