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Average Monthly Recruitment Rate by Occupation - Quarterly

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Average Monthly Recruitment Rate during a quarter is defined as the average number of persons recruited 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.

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyRecruitmentRatebyOccupationQuarterly.csv (336 rows, 21.1 KB)

Quarter
Quarter (Q)
Occupation
Text
Recruitment 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%
2.66.5%
2.75.7%
2.55.4%
3.75.4%
1998-Q1professionals, managers, executives and technicians2.1
1998-Q1clerical, sales and services workers3.4
1998-Q1production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.7
1998-Q2professionals, managers, executives and technicians2
1998-Q2clerical, sales and services workers3
1998-Q2production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.4
1998-Q3professionals, managers, executives and technicians1.8
1998-Q3clerical, sales and services workers2.5
1998-Q3production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.2
1998-Q4professionals, managers, executives and technicians1.4
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c5e8a6caedd74f7512a4d29c67da1f1c"
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 Recruitment Rate by Occupation - Quarterly (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 17, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c5e8a6caedd74f7512a4d29c67da1f1c/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)