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58 MONTHLY SALARIES OF SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

Occupation Gross Wage Age of 25 to 29 Years Age of 30 to 39 Years
Number 25th Median 75th Number Basic Gross Number Basic Gross
Covered Percentile ($) Percentile Covered Wage Wage Covered Wage Wage
($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)
Orthopaedic surgeon 204 6,276 8,140 10,181 s s s 128 7,421 9,832
Otorhinolaryngologist/Ear, nose, throat (ENT) surgeon 91 6,127 7,452 10,247 s s s 41 7,448 8,681
Paediatrician 159 5,848 8,176 9,438 s s s 99 7,220 5,332
Pathologist 39 5,779 6,799 8,067 - - - - - -
Petroleum/Natural gas engineer 109 5,208 6,785 9,589 - - - - - -
Pharmacist 233 3,963 4,462 5,373 112 3,677 4,124 78 4,943 4,513
Physiotherapist 116 3,570 4,062 5,143 57 3,654 3,690 30 4,513 4,400
Producer (stage, fi lm, television, computer games, video and radio) 153 3,700 5,000 7,205 s s s 53 4,210 5,092
Product and industrial designer 85 4,172 5,675 6,923 s s s 32 5,092 4,120
Psychiatrist 106 5,757 6,724 8,584 - - - - - -
Psychologist 69 3,850 4,250 5,310 - - - - - -
Public relations/Corporate communications professional 273 3,000 3,660 4,290 112 3,300 3,348 94 4,095 4,220
Quantity surveyor 212 3,600 4,425 5,450 33 3,600 3,600 96 4,200 4,315
Registered nurse and other nursing professional
(eg. clinical nurse, nurse educator, excluding enrolled nurse) 1,469 3,368 4,015 5,139 427 3,135 3,495 515 4,050 5,850
Research offi cer (non-statistical) 56 3,346 4,000 4,374 - - - - - -
Respiratory physician 66 5,756 6,746 9,063 - - - - - -
Sales professional (institutional sales of fi nancial products) 280 4,374 5,543 7,157 s s s 134 5,400 10,663
Securities and fi nance dealer/Broker 214 4,000 10,608 21,522 43 3,360 3,390 88 10,663 4,205
Social work and counselling professional 532 3,518 3,965 4,829 141 3,518 3,540 216 4,149 5,237
Software, web and multimedia developer 710 4,120 5,300 7,164 135 3,900 4,000 290 5,100 3,900
Special education teacher 406 3,200 3,537 4,360 152 3,255 3,287 125 3,820 8,558
Specialist medical practitioner (medical) 1,511 5,516 6,673 8,984 s s s 689 7,085 s
Speech therapist 65 3,300 3,723 4,494 43 3,600 3,600 s s 5,578
Surveyors and cartographer 34 2,550 4,968 6,167 - - - - - -
Systems analyst 1,491 4,646 5,805 7,235 253 4,225 4,305 582 5,460 s
Tax accountant 142 3,200 4,200 4,900 87 4,000 4,000 s s 4,619
Technical sales professional 556 3,750 4,895 8,197 52 3,090 3,250 212 4,062 4,758
Technical/Vocational/Commercial education institute teacher and trainer 51 3,784 4,585 5,616 - - - - - -
Telecommunications engineer 404 4,225 5,212 6,409 54 4,000 4,000 124 4,645 7,392
Trade and ship broker 49 9,050 13,143 17,524 - - - - - -
Treasury manager 91 6,452 9,500 15,008 s s s 32 7,338 9,848
University lecturer 963 9,690 12,961 17,393 s s s 137 9,848 9,376
Urologist 54 6,424 8,655 10,744 s s s 31 7,661 -

Notes to Monthly Salaries of Selected Occupations (pages 56 to 58)
Source Defi nitions
Occupational Wage Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM. 25th Percentile: This refers to the wage level which divides the bottom 25% of wage earners from the rest.
The tables were mainly extracted from Occupational Wage Survey 2019, conducted by the Central Median: This refers to the 50th Percentile, the wage level at which one half of the employees earn below
Provident Fund (CPF) Board, on behalf of the Ministry of Manpower. The survey on annual wage that amount.
changes covered 2,850 private fi rms (with at least 25 employees) employing a total of 185,600 full-time
resident employees who have CPF contributions in June 2019. It was conducted from July to December 75th Percentile: This refers to the wage level which divides the top 25% of wage earners from the rest.
2019.
-: nil
s: Data have been suppressed as the number covered is too small.
Basic Wage: This refers to the basic pay before deduction of employee CPF contributions and personal
income tax. It excludes employer CPF contributions, bonuses, overtime payments, commissions, allowances
(eg. shift, food, housing and transport), other monetary payments and payments-in-kind.
Gross Wage: This refers to the sum of the basic wage, overtime payments, commissions, allowances, and
other regular cash payments. It is before deduction of employee CPF contributions and personal income
tax and excludes employer CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments and
payments-in-kind.