100 best-paying jobs in Singapore

Your Salary in Singapore, salary.sg, publishes a list every year where 100 best-paying jobs in Singapore are listed. This Top 100 Jobs In Singapore list is compiled from the  wage data in Singapore Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) Report on Wages in Singapore report.

The MOM wage data exclude bonuses and profit sharing. You may also wish to note that “(t)he wages for certain occupations, especially those where performance-based bonuses constitute a significant portion of total wage, would be lower than expected. Examples of such occupations are brokers, dealers and senior management staff.”

Below are top 50 best paying jobs in Singapore. The full list is here in Top 100 Jobs In Singapore (2012).

1. Managing director/ Chief executive officer – $29,102
2. Foreign exchange dealer/ Broker – $22,302
3. Marketing and sales representative (institutional sales of financial products) – $20,834
4. Trade broker (including oil and bunker trader) – $19,500
5. Company director – $17,142
6. Financial/ Investment adviser – $15,500
7. Chief operating officer/ General manager – $15,005
8. Commodities derivatives broker – $15,000
9. Ship broker – $15,000
10. Creative director (advertising) – $14,750
11. University lecturer – $14,000
12. Real estate agent – $13,952
13. Software and applications manager – $12,280
14. Advocate/ Solicitor – $12,213
15. Lawyer (excluding advocate and solicitor) – $10,900
16. Financial/ Insurance services manager (eg financial institution branch manager) – $10,250
17. Chemical engineer – $10,105
18. Network and communications manager – $10,024
19. IT service manager – $9,999
20. General practitioner/ physician – $9,963
21. Research and development manager – $9,685
22. Legal officer – $9,624
23. Editor (news and periodicals) – $9,500
24. Journalist – $9,441
25. Chief information officer/ Chief technology officer – $9,405
    
    
    
26. Marketing and sales representative (ICT) – $9,396
27. Risk analyst (financial) – $9,335
28. Treasury manager – $9,160
29. Budgeting and financial accounting manager (including financial controller) – $9,150
30. Business development manager – $9,100
31. Technical/ Engineering services manager (eg shipyard manager) – $9,078
32. Policy and planning manager – $9,000
33. Human resource manager – $8,491
34. Customer service manager – $8,462
35. Securities and finance dealer/ broker – $8,367
36. Wholesale trade manager – $8,243
37. Sales and marketing manager – $8,125
38. Management and business consultant – $7,982
39. Quality assurance manager – $7,848
40. Procurement/ Purchasing manager – $7,804
41. Manufacturing plant/ production manager – $7,652
42. Premises and facilities maintenance manager – $7,638
43. Insurance sales agent/ broker (including independent financial planner) – $7,632
44. Advertising/ Public relations manager – $7,600
45. Information technology project manager – $7,570
46. Business services and administration manager (excluding manager in finance, administration, HR, policy and planning) – $7,535
47. Administration manager – $7,100
48. Instrumentalist – $7,078
49. Health services manager – $7,027
50. Chief/ Executive cook – $7,000