In Singapore's June 2025 occupational wage survey, the highest median gross monthly wage among these 32 private-sector jobs was S$11,600 for a financial services manager, and the lowest was S$2,968 for a hotel executive. The table ranks all 32, with the median for people aged 40 to 49 beside each one.
What each job pays, highest to lowest
Median gross monthly wage, S$, full-time resident employees, all industries, June 2025 (S2). The right-hand column is the same job for people aged 40 to 49 (S4); n/a means the figure was suppressed. Teaching and public-service jobs aren't in the survey, which only covers private companies, so they don't appear here.
| Rank · Job · Path | All ages (S$) | Age 40 to 49 (S$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Financial services manager · Bank | 11,600 | 15,041 |
| 2. Marketing manager · Sales & marketing | 10,069 | 12,201 |
| 3. Business development manager · Sales & marketing | 10,000 | 11,333 |
| 4. Marketing strategy/planning professional · Sales & marketing | 9,000 | 12,382 |
| 5. Customer service manager · Bank | 8,700 | 9,992 |
| 6. Sales manager · Sales & marketing | 8,559 | 9,852 |
| 7. Applications/Systems programmer · IT | 8,209 | 9,374 |
| 8. Financial/Investment adviser · Adviser | in the full report | in the full report |
| 9. Software developer · IT | 7,808 | 9,822 |
| 10. Web/Mobile applications developer · IT | 6,290 | n/a |
| 11. Insurance sales agent/broker · Adviser | in the full report | in the full report |
| 12. Electrical engineer · Engineering | 6,042 | 6,541 |
| 13. Diagnostic radiographer · Health | 6,031 | 8,927 |
| 14. Mechanical engineer · Engineering | 6,015 | 6,800 |
| 15. Civil engineer · Engineering | 5,974 | 7,150 |
| 16. Technical sales professional · Sales & marketing | 5,936 | 6,680 |
| 17. Digital marketing professional · Sales & marketing | 5,623 | 7,216 |
| 18. Physiotherapist · Health | 5,349 | 8,118 |
| 19. Registered nurse · Health | 5,210 | 6,857 |
| 20. Business development executive · Sales & marketing | 5,084 | 5,534 |
| 21. Occupational therapist · Health | 4,962 | 7,706 |
| 22. Catering manager · Hospitality | 4,884 | n/a |
| 23. Credit/Loans officer · Bank | 4,826 | 5,010 |
| 24. Assistant electrical engineer · Engineering | 4,770 | n/a |
| 25. Bank teller · Bank | 4,571 | 4,640 |
| 26. Assistant civil/structural engineer · Engineering | 4,428 | n/a |
| 27. Electrical engineering technician · Engineering | 4,326 | 4,313 |
| 28. Food and beverage operations manager · Hospitality | 3,980 | 4,467 |
| 29. Restaurant manager · Hospitality | 3,900 | 4,250 |
| 30. Mechanical engineering technician · Engineering | 3,780 | 4,280 |
| 31. Civil engineering technician · Engineering | 3,623 | n/a |
| 32. Hotel executive · Hospitality | 2,968 | n/a |
Remember that a median is the middle of a whole occupation, so half the people earn more and half earn less. What you'd get depends on your experience, the employer and, in commission-based work, how active you are.
About the adviser pay figure in the full report: It counts payroll employees at firms with 25 or more staff, so it describes salaried advisers at banks and advisory firms. A self-employed representative, which is how most agency advisers are engaged, isn't paid a salary at all. Income comes from commission on new business, renewal income on business that stays in force, and for those who build a team, overriding income, all of it governed by the MAS Balanced Scorecard, and no public survey measures it. A representative in year one and one in year ten with a persistent client book are in different jobs financially.
Sources
All were accessed on 6 September 2026.
- S2 MOM, Occupational Wages Table 1, June 2025, released 30 Jun 2026. stats.mom.gov.sg/iMAS_Tables1/Wages/Wages_2025/mrsd_2025Wages_table1.xlsx
- S4 MOM, Occupational Wages Table 3 by age, June 2025. stats.mom.gov.sg/iMAS_Tables1/Wages/Wages_2025/mrsd_2025Wages_table3.xlsx
- S5 MOM, Coverage and Methodology of the Occupational Wage Survey 2025. stats.mom.gov.sg/iMAS_Tables1/Wages/Wages_2025/Coverage-and-Methodology-of-OWS-2025.pdf