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Staff Strength by Tenure

Data from Jan 2010 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 08 May 2026, 16:13 SGT

PSD (Public Service Division)

Data consists of both Civil Service (CS) and Statutory Board (SB).

Statutory Board data not available prior to 2012.

Chart (Civil Service)

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StaffStrengthbyTenure.csv (124 rows, 7 KB)

Tenure
Text
Executive Level
Text
Public Service Sector
Text
Year
Year (YYYY)
Staff Strength
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
Contract51.6%
Permanent48.4%
(Null)0.0%
Junior Executive50.0%
Senior Executive & above50.0%
(Null)0.0%
Civil Service53.2%
Statutory Board46.8%
(Null)0.0%
20126.5%
20136.5%
20146.5%
20259.7%
(Null)0.0%
ContractJunior ExecutiveCivil Service2025266
ContractJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board2025950
ContractSenior Executive & aboveCivil Service2025165
ContractSenior Executive & aboveStatutory Board20252179
ContractJunior ExecutiveCivil Service20254071
ContractJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board20252652
ContractSenior Executive & aboveCivil Service20256138
ContractSenior Executive & aboveStatutory Board202512989
PermanentJunior ExecutiveCivil Service202521644
PermanentJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board20256036
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2fe439c65973019edcb4f79b9644eed"
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.

Public Service Division. (2017). Staff Strength by Tenure (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2fe439c65973019edcb4f79b9644eed/view

About this dataset

Contact

data_office@psd.gov.sg

Created on

21 Jun 2017

Licence

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

Agency

PSD (Public Service Division)