Average salary in Singapore 2026
The average salary in Singapore stands at SGD 86,376 gross a year in 2025 (SingStat). Run through the real tax table, it leaves SGD 6,867 a month, SGD 82,408 over the year. Our international table puts it at rank 3 of 31. National marker: median, full-time residents, with employer cpf and bonus, SGD 5,775 a month (mid-2025). Share kept: 95% of gross. The Ministry of Manpower median rose 5.0% to $5,775 and counts the employer’s CPF, so it cannot be fed into a tax table as it stands. Three Singapore series exist, and they cover residents or all CPF contributors differently. Our net describes a foreign employee, who pays no CPF: a citizen on the same gross would take home much less. A national figure describes no job in particular: sector, region and seniority all move it a long way. Enter your own salary in the tool below to see where it stands against this reference, and the net it leaves.
Your salary, as a multiple of the reference
1.00 ×
| Your net a year | SGD 82,408 |
|---|---|
| Your net a month | SGD 6,867 |
| Share kept | 95% |
| Reference, gross | SGD 86,376 |
| Reference, net | SGD 82,408 |
From gross to net, around the average salary
| Gross salary | Net a year | A month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGD 43,1880.50 × the average | SGD 42,485 | SGD 3,540 | 98% |
| SGD 64,7820.75 × the average | SGD 62,567 | SGD 5,214 | 97% |
| SGD 86,3761.00 × the average | SGD 82,408 | SGD 6,867 | 95% |
| SGD 129,5641.50 × the average | SGD 120,329 | SGD 10,027 | 93% |
| SGD 172,7522.00 × the average | SGD 156,687 | SGD 13,057 | 91% |
| SGD 259,1283.00 × the average | SGD 226,843 | SGD 18,904 | 88% |
This site’s calculation: Foreign employee on an Employment Pass, tax resident (183 days or more): no CPF contribution. Citizens and permanent residents pay CPF (20% employee share at 35, on capped wages) and are not modelled; only the earned income relief is applied, no other relief, and no tax rebate is assumed for YA 2027.
The national office’s figures
| Median, full-time residents, with employer CPF and bonusmid-2025 | SGD 5,775 a month |
|---|---|
| Mean, all employed residents, without bonusQ2 2026, preliminary | SGD 6,605 a month |
| Median, full-time degree holdersmid-2025 | SGD 9,038 a month |
The average salary in Singapore over ten years
The OECD publishes no series for this country: the reference is the national office’s.
Going further
Questions
What is the average salary in Singapore?
SGD 86,376 gross a year in 2025 according to SingStat, or SGD 7,198 a month. That is SGD 6,867 net a month on this site's table. Always check the definition: part-time staff and bonuses clearly change the published amount. An average sums up a whole country: depending on the job, the region and seniority, real pay can sit well away from it.
How much is the average salary in Singapore after tax?
SGD 82,408 a year, or SGD 6,867 a month, for a single person with no children on the 2026 income (YA 2027) table. Tax and contributions take SGD 3,968. At twice this salary, the share kept falls to 91%. Optional choices, such as extra pension saving, are not counted here.
Does the Singapore median include CPF?
Yes: the Ministry of Manpower's 5,775 dollars includes the employer's CPF contribution and one-twelfth of annual bonuses, for full-time residents. The salary on a contract is therefore lower. For a foreign employee with no CPF, an equal gross leaves far more in net pay than for a citizen.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower, Labour Force in Singapore 2025: summary table on income
- Ministry of Manpower, Labour Force in Singapore 2025: survey findings
- Department of Statistics Singapore, table M182941: average monthly earnings per employee (read 3 November 2026)
- IRAS: individual income tax rates, iras.gov.sg/taxes/individual-income-tax/basics-of-individual-income-tax/tax-residency-and-tax-rates/individual-income-tax-rates, checked on November 3, 2026
- IRAS: earned income relief, iras.gov.sg/taxes/individual-income-tax/basics-of-individual-income-tax/tax-reliefs-rebates-and-deductions/tax-reliefs/earned-income-relief, checked on November 3, 2026
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