Top 100 Jobs In Singapore (2012)

This is the 2012 edition of our ever-popular list of 100 best-paying jobs in Singapore.

The Ministry of Manpower has just released Report on Wages in Singapore 2011 (released 29 June 2012). We use the wage data in this report to generate our Top 100 Jobs ranking table.

The MOM wage data exclude bonuses and profit sharing. You may also wish to note that “(t)he wages for certain occupations, especially those where performance-based bonuses constitute a significant portion of total wage, would be lower than expected. Examples of such occupations are brokers, dealers and senior management staff.”

Without further ado, we present the top 100 best-paying jobs in Singapore. The wage numbers are the third-quartile monthly gross wages.

1. Managing director/ Chief executive officer – $29,102
2. Foreign exchange dealer/ Broker – $22,302
3. Marketing and sales representative (institutional sales of financial products) – $20,834
4. Trade broker (including oil and bunker trader) – $19,500
5. Company director – $17,142
6. Financial/ Investment adviser – $15,500
7. Chief operating officer/ General manager – $15,005
8. Commodities derivatives broker – $15,000
9. Ship broker – $15,000
10. Creative director (advertising) – $14,750
11. University lecturer – $14,000
12. Real estate agent – $13,952
13. Software and applications manager – $12,280
14. Advocate/ Solicitor – $12,213
15. Lawyer (excluding advocate and solicitor) – $10,900
16. Financial/ Insurance services manager (eg financial institution branch manager) – $10,250
17. Chemical engineer – $10,105
18. Network and communications manager – $10,024
19. IT service manager – $9,999
20. General practitioner/ physician – $9,963
21. Research and development manager – $9,685
22. Legal officer – $9,624
23. Editor (news and periodicals) – $9,500
24. Journalist – $9,441
25. Chief information officer/ Chief technology officer – $9,405
26. Marketing and sales representative (ICT) – $9,396
27. Risk analyst (financial) – $9,335
28. Treasury manager – $9,160
29. Budgeting and financial accounting manager (including financial controller) – $9,150
30. Business development manager – $9,100
31. Technical/ Engineering services manager (eg shipyard manager) – $9,078
32. Policy and planning manager – $9,000
33. Human resource manager – $8,491
34. Customer service manager – $8,462
35. Securities and finance dealer/ broker – $8,367
36. Wholesale trade manager – $8,243
37. Sales and marketing manager – $8,125
38. Management and business consultant – $7,982
39. Quality assurance manager – $7,848
40. Procurement/ Purchasing manager – $7,804
41. Manufacturing plant/ production manager – $7,652
42. Premises and facilities maintenance manager – $7,638
43. Insurance sales agent/ broker (including independent financial planner) – $7,632
44. Advertising/ Public relations manager – $7,600
45. Information technology project manager – $7,570
46. Business services and administration manager (excluding manager in finance, administration, HR, policy and planning) – $7,535
47. Administration manager – $7,100
48. Instrumentalist – $7,078
49. Health services manager – $7,027
50. Chief/ Executive cook – $7,000
51. Education manager – $6,998
52. Producer (stage, film, television, computer games, video and radio) – $6,970
53. Supply and distribution/ Logistics/ Warehousing manager – $6,822
54. Database architect – $6,817
55. Building and construction project manager – $6,800
56. Building architect – $6,800
57. Industrial safety engineer – $6,790
58. Pharmacologist and related professional – $6,790
59. Systems analyst – $6,674
60. Surveyor – $6,672
61. Fund manager – $6,603
62. Financial analyst (eg equities analyst, credit analyst) – $6,565
63. Transport operations manager – $6,500
64. Art and craft instructor (extracurriculum) – $6,500
65. Telecommunications engineer – $6,456
66. Medical scientist – $6,436
67. Database administrator – $6,435
68. Advertising salesman – $6,348
69. Insurance underwriter – $6,262
70. Network/ Infrastructure architect and engineer – $6,235
71. Pharmacologist – $6,187
72. Chemical engineering technician – $6,182
73. Information technology security specialist – $6,100
74. Software, web and multimedia developer – $6,065
75. Environmental engineer – $5,854
76. Artistic director (stage, film, television and radio) – $5,834
77. Electronics engineer – $5,756
78. Marketing and sales representative (medical and pharmaceutical products) – $5,693
79. Civil engineer – $5,690
80. Biomedical engineer – $5,687
81. Auditor (accounting) – $5,668
82. Electrical engineer – $5,593
83. Interior designer – $5,500
84. Mechanical engineer – $5,440
85. Market research analyst – $5,407
86. Author and related writer – $5,346
87. Mathematician, actuary and statistician (including operations research analyst) – $5,339
88. Pharmacist – $5,330
89. Accountant – $5,240
90. Quantity surveyor – $5,200
91. Network/ Computer systems administrator – $5,180
92. Human resource consultant (excluding executive search consultant) – $5,173
93. Industrial and production engineer – $5,100
94. Book editor – $5,075
95. Catering services manager – $5,050
96. Application/ Systems programmer – $5,023
97. Petroleum/ Natural gas engineer – $4,955
98. Chemist – $4,945
99. Information technology testing/ quality assurance specialist – $4,800
100. Ships’ engineer – $4,765http://www.salary.sg/