Singapore 100 Best-Paying Jobs

Captured from Salary.sg

This is the 2008 edition of my annual list of the top 100 jobs in terms of pay (see last year’s edition).

This list is compiled based on data from MOM Occupational Wages Survey, which is published as part of the Report on Wages in Singapore 2007.

As with previous years, the MOM survey does not capture performance bonuses, profit sharing and stock options.

To generate the list, I looked at the third-quartile monthly gross wages of the selected jobs published. Explanation: if you’re at the third-quartile, or 75th-percentile, your pay is higher than 75% of the people.

Here’s the top 100 best-paying jobs:

Specialised surgeon - $30,755 ---> Bingo! This was on my mind
Managing director - $24,472
General surgeon - $17,872
Commodities futures broker - $17,464
General manager - $16,667
Company director - $15,513
Creative director (Advertising) - $13,000
Legal service manager - $12,318
Foreign exchange dealer and broker - $11,095
Operations manager (Finance) - $9,808
Legal officer - $9,790
Risk management manager - $9,600
Research and development manager - $9,385
Computer operations and network manager - $9,300
Training manager - $9,000
Computer and information systems manager - $8,930
Ship-master - $8,671
Technical manager - $8,595
Financial futures dealer and broker - $8,447
Personnel / Human resource manager - $8,420
Business development manager - $8,290
Corporate planning manager - $8,290
Fund manager - $8,125
Treasury manager - $8,079
Budgeting and financial accounting manager - $8,000
Marketing manager - $8,000
Power generation and distribution engineer - $7,848
Engineering manager - $7,819
Chemical engineer (Petroleum) - $7,678
Manufacturing plant and production manager - $7,645
Chemical engineer (Petrochemicals) - $7,547
Advertising and public relations manager - $7,533
Advocate and solicitor - $7,500
Operations research analyst - $7,500
Business management consultant - $7,437
Procurement manager - $7,416
Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) - $7,400
Quality assurance manager - $7,263
Customer service manager - $7,142
Sales manager - $7,100
Logistics manager - $7,050
Operations manager (Commerce) - $6,862
Chemical engineering technician (Petroleum) - $6,696
Automation engineer - $6,680
Instrumentation engineer - $6,616
Book editor - $6,538
Surveyor - $6,523
Industrial health, safety and environment engineer - $6,503
Building architect - $6,500
Transport operations manager - $6,400
Editor (Newspapers and periodicals) - $6,369
Marine superintendent engineer - $6,340
Audio and video equipment engineer - $6,307
Premises maintenance manager - $6,304
Personal banker - $6,250
Chemist - $6,241
Electrical engineering technician (High voltage) - $6,225
Business analyst - $6,205
General physician - $6,173
Administration manager - $6,150
Financial analyst - $6,000
Securities dealer and broker - $5,750
Shipping manager - $5,721
Building and construction project manager - $5,720
Property / Estate manager - $5,715
Physicist - $5,700
Editor (Radio, television and video) - $5,658
Information technology security specialist - $5,646
Advertising copywriter - $5,600
Director (Stage, film, television and radio) - $5,512
Automotive engineer - $5,500
Naval architect - $5,480
Chemical engineering technician (Petrochemicals) - $5,424
Chinese physician - $5,316
Financial planner - $5,283
Aeronautical engineer - $5,242
Chemical engineer (General) - $5,187
Broadcasting operations technician - $5,178
Market research analyst - $5,174
Producer / Director of commercials - $5,150
Manufacturing engineer - $5,137
Systems programmer - $5,111
Actuary - $5,100
Production engineer - $5,091
Sales representative (Technicial) - $5,089
Database administrator - $5,080
Semi-conductor engineer - $5,035
Mechanical engineer - $5,000
Ship rigger - $4,933
Systems designer and analyst - $4,914
Network systems and data communication analyst - $4,894
Sales representative (Medical and pharmaceutical products) - $4,857
Flight operations officer - $4,801
Civil engineer - $4,746
Script writer - $4,740
Warehousing manager - $4,706
Materials engineer - $4,689
Electrical engineer - $4,665
Credit analyst - $4,631
Electronics engineer - $4,615