Data on Gross Monthly Income of Full-Time Employed Residents for Each Decile for Past 30 Years

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry can provide data on the gross monthly income from work of full-time employed residents for each decile, as an annual time series, for the past 30 years.

MOM publishes the gross monthly income from work of full-time employed residents in June at the 20th and 50th percentile on an annual basis. This allows us to track whether the incomes of lower-wage workers are keeping pace with the median income growth.

In addition, we also publish annual data on the number of full-time employed residents by gross monthly income bands, from below $500 to $20,000 and over. This provides a more granular distribution of full-time employed residents across finer income bands.

The time series for both datasets from 1996 to 2020 is available on the MOM website. In the Labour Force in Singapore 2020 report, this is in Table 19, Table 27 and Chart 40.