Singapore

Singapore — Average salary

SG desk: Singapore first; United States, Australia, United Kingdom, euro area, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.

$4,420

+$191 (+4.5%)

As of 2021 | 2021 PPP $ per month

Latest
$4,420 2021
Previous year
$4,228 2020
Min
$798 1990
Max
$4,420 2021
YearAverage salary
2021$4,420
2020$4,228
2019$4,266
2018$4,097
2017$3,851
2016$3,679
2015$3,566
2014$3,387
2013$3,337
2012$3,233
2011$2,974
2010$3,820
2009$3,659
2008$3,794
2007$3,696
2006$3,457
2005$3,276
2004$3,076
2003$2,939
2002$2,839
2001$2,763
2000$2,652
1999$2,388
1998$2,277
#CountryAverage salaryChangeYear
8United States$6,273+$288 (+4.8%)202521Korea, Rep.$4,525+$511 (+12.7%)202222United Kingdom$4,500+$52 (+1.2%)202523Singapore$4,420+$191 (+4.5%)202130New Zealand$4,064+$462 (+12.8%)202232Australia$3,926+$281 (+7.7%)2021
44Japan$2,809+$85 (+3.1%)2021
78China$1,435+$129 (+9.9%)2022

What average monthly earnings are

Average monthly earnings of employees (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB) are the mean gross monthly pay of employees, both sexes, converted to 2021 PPP dollars. Latest for Singapore: $4,420 in 2021.

This is not take-home pay: it is a national mean, before tax, for employees only, and survey coverage differs by country. From 1990 to 2021 (32 years): latest $4,420 (2021), previous year $4,228 (2020); low $798 (1990), high $4,420 (2021).

Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).

Reading this series

This series is the mean of monthly employee earnings. It is produced by ILOSTAT as indicator EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB for both sexes, published annually and expressed in 2021 PPP dollars. Because it is an arithmetic mean, it is pulled upward by high earners more than the median is. Values are gross employee pay, before income tax and social insurance, and they are not take-home pay. Only employees are covered; self-employed and contributing family workers are not part of the average.

National sources differ in survey coverage, reference period and how part-time work is treated, and the ILO converts each national series to a common purchasing-power basis. Comparisons are therefore broad. Use the chart and range buttons for the trend within one economy, and the ranked table for the latest published year. Published estimates are revised from time to time, so a later rebuild may show a different historical value.

About this desk

Singapore appears first, with comparison economies where the producer publishes them. This desk filters the same official series as the all-countries view; it does not recalculate values.

Average and median monthly earnings come from ILOSTAT, in 2021 PPP dollars. These are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay. National coverage differs.

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