Basic Wage (Nominal) Changes by Industry

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Basic Wage (Nominal) Changes by Industry

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Source: Survey on Annual Wage Changes, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, MOM Data pertain to wage increases granted by private sector establishments (with at least 10 employees) to full-time resident employees in continuous employment for at least a year.

Data from 2001 to 2024

Last updated 5 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

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BasicWageNominalChangesbyIndustry.csv (312 rows, 12.9 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ind1 Text	Ind2 Text	Bwc Numeric
(Null)0.0% 20014.2% 20024.2% 20034.2% 20044.2%	(Null)0.0% Services84.6% Construction7.7% Manufacturing7.7%	(Null)0.0% Construction7.7% Retail Trade7.7% Accommodation7.7% Manufacturing7.7%	(Null)0.0%
2001	Manufacturing	Manufacturing	2.4
2001	Construction	Construction	0.6
2001	Services	Wholesale Trade	3.1
2001	Services	Retail Trade	3.1
2001	Services	Transport And Storage	2.2
2001	Services	Accommodation	1.6
2001	Services	Food Beverage Services	1.7
2001	Services	Information And Communications	4.2
2001	Services	Financial And Insurance Services	5.4
2001	Services	Real Estate Services	1.6

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ind1	ind1	Text	-	-
Ind2	ind2	Text	-	-
Bwc	bwc	Numeric	Percent	-

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dataset_id = "d_bd83b4534db1032ca7415f82bbaae003"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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BasicWageNominalChangesbyIndustry.csv (312 rows, 12.9 KB)

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