Are you happy with your job and salary in Singapore? Rhetorical question, I know… But if you are happy with what you’re making, you might want to close this tab because you’re about to feel jealous of the following jobs where people can make more than $10,000 a month.
We’re not just talking about the usual suspects like CEOs, but also regular people with just five or so years of working experience. Don’t believe us? Check out the following list of highest paying jobs in Singapore, split by industry:
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Think accounting is only for boring people? Just remember that those drab-looking accountant OLs who visit your office once a year are probably earning more than you.
Monthly Salary
Chief Financial Officer: $20,000 to $25,000
Finance Director: $15,000 to $20,000
Finance Controller: $8,500 to $15,000
Senior Manager/Manager (Treasury): $8,000 to $14,000
Obviously, banking is a high paying industry in Singapore, as it is everywhere else. Why else do you think the CBD has so many overpriced gyms and eateries?
Monthly Salary
Chief Financial Officer: $15,000 to $25,000
Finance Director: $15,000 to $20,000
Regional Director (Ops): $14,000 to $19,000
Head of Compliance: $12,000 to $18,000
Vice President (Risk): $12,000 to $16,000
Senior Manager/Manager (Risk): $5,000 to $13,200
Vice President (Trading): $11,000 to $13,000
Manager/Assistant Manager (Ops): $8,000 to $13,000
Senior Manager/Manager (Trading): $5,000 to $12,000
Unfortunately for NTU EEE grads who were told that engineering is a good field to work in, the salaries of engineers in Singapore are pathetically low. In fact, a construction project manager can earn way more than a senior engineer.
Monthly Salary
Project Manager (Construction): $7,000 to $12,000
Deputy Manager, Commercial (Real Estate/Property Developer): $5,200 to $13,000
It turns out that human resources is a pretty high-paying profession. Who knew that handling other people’s payroll paid so much?
Monthly Salary
Regional HR Director: $10,000 to $18,000
HR Director/Assistant Director: $8,500 to $15,000
Senior Employee Relations Consultant: $7,000 to $12,000
HR Business Partner: $7,000 to $12,000
We’ve heard enough horror stories of Singaporeans whose minds and bodies were broken by the legal profession, and yet the prospect of earning $27,000 a month (someday!) is enough to lure countless youngsters into the gaping maws of law school. Just remember that your working hours are probably double that of a normal person’s.
Monthly Salary
Senior Legal Counsel/Legal Counsel: $10,000 to $27,000
Apart from free breakfast cereal and a dress code of hoodies and jeans, the other great perk of working in tech is the pay. It’s second only to banking & finance in the number of high paying jobs available.
Monthly Salary
Chief Technology Officer: $13,000 to $21,000
IT Director: $12,000 to $15,000
IT Pre-sales/ Sales Manager: $7,000 to $15,000
IT Senior Manager: $10,000 to $12,000
IT Security Manager: $9,000 to $12,000
Project Manager: $8,100 to $12,000
Fintech Strategist: $7,100 to $12,000
Senior App Developer/App Developer: $6,500 to $12,000
App Architect: $8,000 to $11,000
No one ever tells their children to study hard so that they can become a marketer when they grow up, but marketing is actually a relatively high-paying field in Singapore. Specialising in digital marketing is a big plus.
Monthly Salary
Regional Marketing Director: $13,000 to $18,000
Director of Corporate Communications: $11,000 to $15,000
Creative Director: $10,000 to $12,000
Regional Marketing Manager: $8,000 to $12,000
Senior Marketing Manager: $8,000 to $12,000
Digital Marketing Manager: $6,000 to $11,000
You know that section in the Straits Times’ Sunday edition where they feature some wealthy person who’s made in big in life and now owns 3 houses and 5 cars? It’s always inevitably a property or insurance agent. So it’s no surprise that some of the highest paying jobs in Singapore are found in sales.
Monthly Salary
General Manager/Head of Sales/Business Development Head: $15,000 to $20,000
Regional Sales/Business Development Director: $12,000 to $20,000
Sales/Business Development Director: $10,000 to $18,000
Salaries in Singapore are often commensurate with the numbers of years of experience you have – but it’s not always the case. In some industries, you needn’t wait till you’re 50 to get a high salary. The following jobs are ones where you have a chance of earning more with less working experience. (For this table, we’re looking only at the lower end of the average monthly salary.)
Monthly Salary
Law — Senior Legal Counsel/Legal Counsel: $10,000 to $27,000
Marketing — Creative Director: $10,000 to $12,000
Accounting — Senior Manager/Manager (Treasury): $8,000 to $14,000
Tech — IT Pre-sales/Sales Manager: $7,000 to $15,000
Tech — Fintech Strategist: $7,100 to $12,000
As you’d expect in qualifications-obsessed Singapore, most of the highest paying jobs here are for degree holders. However, there are a few jobs in which diploma holders might get paid better.
Monthly Salary
Marketing — Senior Marketing Manager: $8,000 to $12,000
Tech — IT Pre-Sales/Sales Manager: $7,000 to $15,000
Construction — Project Manager: $7,000 to $12,000
Engineering — Technical Services Manager: $6,500 to $9,500
Healthcare — Sales Manager (Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices): $5,500 to $8,000
(A version of this article first appeared on MoneySmart.Sg, Singapore’s leading personal finance portal that helps you to maximize your money.)