| Want to know the average salary for your position in | | | | Securities Dealer and Broker - $5,750 |
| Singapore? Here is the latest list of up-to-date, quality | | | | Actuary - $5,100 |
| salary surveys according to salary levels and | | | | Credit Analyst - $4,631 |
| employment trends. Some of the best paying careers | | | | Law: |
| in Singapore are in the sectors such as medicine, | | | | Legal Service Manager - $12,318 |
| management, finance, administrative, law, engineering | | | | Legal Officer - $9,790 |
| and shipping sector. | | | | Lawyer (Except advocate and solicitor) - $7,400 |
| To secure a senior executive position, candidates | | | | Engineering: |
| should ideally possess an postgraduate qualification | | | | Engineers are not highly paid in Singapore. As a result, |
| from an internationally accredited universities, An MBA | | | | some shift to other career options with MBA and |
| in Singapore or an Executive Master of Science | | | | some go for sales. |
| program will be highly desirable to ensure excellent | | | | Power Generation and Distribution Engineer - $7,848 |
| career options. Most established business schools in | | | | Chemical Engineer (Petrochemical) - $7,547 |
| Singapore including INSEAD, Chicago and Baruch | | | | Automation Engineer - $6,680 |
| college, The City University of New York also offer | | | | Instrumentation Engineer - $6,616 |
| excellent executive and career placement programs | | | | Marine Superintendent Engineer - $6,340 |
| where major MNCs and agencies are invited to their | | | | Aeronautical Engineer - $5,242 |
| networking sessions. | | | | Production Engineer - $5,091 |
| A brief list of best paying careers along with | | | | Civil Engineer - $4,746 |
| indicative monthly salaries is given below: | | | | Electrical Engineer - $ 4,665 |
| Doctors and Physician: | | | | Electronics Engineer - $4615 |
| While specialized surgeons and neurosurgeons are the | | | | Shipping: |
| highest paid, general physicians and surgeons are paid | | | | Career in shipping sector is well paid. |
| less. | | | | Ship-master - $8,671 |
| Specialized surgeon - $ 30,755 | | | | Shipping Manager - $5,721 |
| General Surgeon - $ 17,872 | | | | Naval Architect - $5,480 |
| General Physician - $ 6,173 | | | | Ship rigger - $4,933 |
| Managerial Posts: | | | | Others: |
| The list below is indicative that may vary with | | | | Producer/ Director of Commercials - $5,150 |
| experience and responsibility of job. A management | | | | Market Research Analyst - $5,174 |
| qualification or MBA is desirable or compulsory for | | | | Sales Representative (Medical and pharmaceutical |
| most positions. | | | | products) - $4,801 |
| Managing Director - $24,472 | | | | Flight Operations Officer - $4,801 |
| General Manager - $16,667 | | | | The list above is prepared as per data provided by |
| Company Director - $15,513 | | | | MoM (Ministry of Manpower) Government of |
| Operations Manager (Finance) - $9,808 | | | | Singapore in 2008. To generate the indicative monthly |
| Computer and Information System Manager - $8,930 | | | | salary, the third-quartile monthly gross wages has |
| Personnel/ Human Resource Manager - $8,420 | | | | been taken into account. Performance bonuses, profit |
| Business Development Manager - $ 8,290 | | | | sharing and stock options are not included in the |
| Marketing Manager - $8000 | | | | indicative average monthly salary. |
| Advertising and Public Relations Manager - $7,533 | | | | Top executives in MNC, accountants, lawyers, |
| Sales Manager - $7,100 | | | | bankers took home more than $4 million (Iras year |
| Finance: | | | | of Assessment 2007). Median income for top 8 |
| This was the most lucrative sector to work as per | | | | earners in MNCs was $4.86 million per annum, for |
| data released on 2008. Recession may have taken a | | | | lawyers (mainly advocates and solicitors) it was |
| hit but still it remains most lucrative sector to build a | | | | $4.65m followed by bankers ($4.40m) and |
| career. | | | | accountants ($4.40m). |
| Commodities and Futures Broker - $17,464 | | | | While top doctors and architects make a lot of |
| Foreign Exchange Dealer and Broker - $11,095 | | | | money, engineers continue to be underpaid with a |
| Fund Manager - $8,125 | | | | mere $0.75/annum. As per survey by Singapore |
| Budgeting and Financial Accounting Manager - $8,000 | | | | Medical Association, median monthly income for a |
| Personal Banker - $ 6,250 | | | | doctor is $13,758. Average of top 4th and 5th |
| Financial Analyst - $6,000 | | | | earners is taken to calculate meridian income. |