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70 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 ($) Percentile Covered Wage Wage Covered Wage Wage
($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional 145 3,812 4,845 5,774 34 3,760 3,760 83 5,356 5,366
Biomedical engineer 49 3,309 4,050 5,362 - - - - - -
Book editor 72 3,125 3,975 4,665 - - - - - -
Building architect 210 3,950 5,025 6,500 52 3,700 3,700 91 5,300 5,300
Cardiologist 119 6,975 18,315 29,917 s s s 44 11,268 16,072
Chemical engineer 96 5,153 6,786 9,537 s s s s s s
Chemist 368 3,473 4,590 6,474 128 3,918 3,986 161 4,629 4,990
Civil engineer 866 4,200 5,300 6,815 172 3,810 3,950 330 5,275 5,400
Clinical research professional 134 4,000 5,019 6,300 30 3,200 3,208 63 4,993 5,018
Commodities derivatives broker 114 6,100 9,000 19,404 s s s 36 6,417 6,417
Compliance officer / Risk analyst (financial) 1,057 5,440 8,137 12,654 151 3,840 4,000 476 7,300 7,307
Creative director (advertising) 46 5,675 7,550 9,690 - - - - - -
Database administrator 95 3,583 5,121 7,834 s s s 32 5,252 5,252
Dentist 179 4,243 4,522 4,933 130 4,522 4,544 s s s
Diagnostic radiologist 172 6,131 19,520 24,633 s s s 74 10,700 18,214
Dietitian 37 3,544 3,988 4,528 - - - - - -
Editor (news and periodicals) 255 4,570 6,400 8,390 s s s 91 4,800 4,980
Editor (radio, television and video) 106 3,200 3,923 5,000 s s s 32 4,070 4,070
Electrical engineer 1,201 4,040 4,940 6,350 213 3,800 3,965 475 5,094 5,293
Electronics engineer 2,078 4,549 5,800 7,250 245 3,700 4,000 858 5,240 5,628
Executive search consultant 48 2,931 4,750 8,175 - - - - - -
Financial analyst (eg. equities analyst, credit analyst, investment research analyst) 518 4,500 5,500 6,823 150 4,500 4,608 243 5,625 5,800
Financial/Investment adviser (eg. relationship manager) 702 3,700 7,000 12,000 225 3,400 3,550 251 6,704 6,704
Food and drink technologist 58 3,140 4,000 6,892 - - - - - -
Foreign exchange dealer / Broker 85 9,000 14,333 21,000 - - - - - -
Fund/Portfolio manager (including asset allocator) 95 7,050 9,896 19,200 s s s 41 8,700 8,700
Graphic designer 356 2,600 3,065 3,781 100 2,762 2,800 122 3,485 3,485
Human resource consultant (excluding executive search consultant) 330 4,700 6,000 7,889 70 4,305 4,358 156 5,976 6,089
ICT sales professional 202 4,833 7,859 11,781 s s s 73 4,856 7,010
Industrial and production engineer 4,331 4,275 5,376 6,512 799 3,850 4,449 1,692 4,800 5,366
Industrial safety engineer 580 5,003 6,298 8,053 s s s 217 5,550 5,800
Information technology project manager 169 6,250 7,776 10,038 s s s 46 6,350 6,400
Information technology security specialist 137 3,955 5,196 7,130 31 3,300 3,440 64 5,200 5,200
Information technology testing / Quality assurance specialist 65 3,000 3,500 5,000 - - - - - -
In-house legal counsel (except judiciary, ministries and statutory boards) 278 9,083 13,788 19,585 42 7,082 7,485 133 12,981 13,695
Journalist 87 3,120 3,530 4,780 37 3,150 3,240 35 4,509 4,540
Land surveyor 37 3,500 4,300 4,966 - - - - - -
Librarian 53 3,783 4,363 5,400 - - - - - -
Management and business consultant 581 4,460 6,000 9,085 79 4,936 4,960 202 6,079 6,173
Market research analyst 227 3,967 4,969 6,783 68 4,220 4,259 90 5,422 5,488
Mathematician, actuary, statistician and other related professional 493 3,450 3,900 5,406 170 3,467 3,500 211 4,130 4,174
Mechanical engineer 4,224 4,188 5,258 6,908 472 3,470 3,859 1,395 4,435 5,094
Medical and pharmaceutical products sales professional 229 5,100 6,408 7,870 38 3,500 5,109 117 4,355 6,246
Medical diagnostic radiographer 164 3,844 4,692 5,982 42 3,622 3,744 66 4,692 4,911
Medical oncologist 141 16,450 21,490 30,000 s s s 52 12,000 17,083
Medical scientist 87 3,900 5,969 7,474 s s s 47 5,969 5,969
Multimedia (including computer games) designer 40 2,792 3,295 4,041 - - - - - -
Musician, composer and singer 75 4,688 5,276 6,089 - - - - - -
Network, servers and computer systems administrator 747 3,526 4,314 5,250 127 3,200 3,350 250 4,000 4,251
Network / Infrastructure architect, engineer and specialist 639 3,774 5,296 7,203 70 3,249 3,803 277 4,772 5,000
Obstetrician / Gynaecologist 192 5,181 7,187 24,007 s s s 51 5,737 7,191