Breakdown of Singaporean and PR PMEs in 25th and 50th-80th Percentiles of Basic and Gross Monthly Salaries

9 Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Manpower as at 2017, what is the breakdown for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents who are professionals, managers and executives in Singapore in terms of the 25th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 75th and 80th percentile of the (i) basic monthly salary (including and excluding employer CPF contributions) and (ii) gross monthly salary (including and excluding employer CPF contributions).

Mr Lim Swee Say: Since 2016, the Ministry has adopted the reporting of occupation data for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) instead of professionals, managers and executives (PMEs). This is because the two job categories of PME and associate professionals and technicians (APT) will become less distinct in the future economy.

The breakdown of gross monthly income (including employer CPF contributions) by percentiles as at June 2013 and June 2016, for full-time employed residents⁷ who are PMETs, is provided in Table 1 below.

Data on basic monthly income is not available.

Table 1 Gross Monthly Income from Work⁸ (including Employer CPF contributions) of Full-Time Employed⁹ Resident PMETs, June 2013 and 2016