Highest paying jobs

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i am IT consultant & drawing same pay as a managing director.... how can it be?

IT people should be logical people good in maths, stats and such. I shudder to read statements like the quoted coming from an "IT consultant".

So, if I'm a freelancer making the same pay as a doctor - is it possible? Of course it's possible, because I may be a top earning freelancer and the doctor is just an average doctor. And serious, lots of freelancers make more than me.

Similarly, above-average engineers, consultants and even teachers can earn what an average / median "managing director" earns.

Btw, is it true that consultants "con" and insult? If I know of one consultant who broke the law and went to jail, does it mean all consultants are criminals?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i am IT consultant & drawing same pay as a managing director.... how can it be?

why not?

But i don't think you deserve the pay as you are stupid.

[Husky]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

IT people should be logical people good in maths, stats and such. I shudder to read statements like the quoted coming from an "IT consultant".

Don't like that lah... our Minister for National Development holds a master in Engineering but also can't count for nuts. Always saying there are enough flats and they are afforable...

Originally Posted by Husky

Don't like that lah... our Minister for National Development holds a master in Engineering but also can't count for nuts. Always saying there are enough flats and they are afforable...

er... but he's making many millions more than us!

Originally Posted by mack

This survey is not accurate at all. Occupation like pilots, management consultants, investment bankers, are not in the list. I am quite sure that there are alot of surgeons, lawyers, bankers and traders that make much more than just $12750. Else how can they afford those expensive cars like lamborghini, ferrari, porsche, maserati, BMW and merz with just $12750.

A good example will be this private banker, I don't think even with a monthly salary of $20k can afford a lamborghini, Porsche Carrera and BMW M5.

The fast and the modest?



Rubbish!

You are right. This list only shows the average. Top lawyers with 15 years and above experience (whether litigation, corporate, real estate, etc) make anything between S$60k to 150k per month. I am discounting those top 100 or so Singapore lawyers who make upwards of S$200k per month. Same with top accountants. Bankers? Even more! Top surgeons and other specialists can easily make S$200k to S$1m a month. But you're talking here about the top 3-5% of each profession.

And you're right. No one can afford a Ferrari or Lamborghini (even second or third hand ones) with S$20k per month. You're looking at at least S$100k per month before you even think about exoticars. Unless, of course, you choose to own and stay in one small cheap condo and spend all your money on the car! These cars are not cheap to maintain (service, petrol, insurance, road tax, etc) and you need at least another car because you don't really drive these cars to work (although I know of a few who do). And you don't want one of your cars to be a Lambo and the other to be an Altis right? So, a Lambo/Ferrari plus a Cayenne/Range Rover Sport/M3/M5/C63AMG/7-series/S-class, etc. Go calculate the maintenance on the cars alone! And you don't want to be staying in Sengkang with your Ferrari/7-series right? So, que the condo in Ardmore/Orchard/Sentosa Cove/Marina Bay area, the bungalow in Bukit Timah, etc? And you cannot be wearing your Seiko driving your Aston right? So, in comes the AP Royal Oak Offshore, Pateks, Lange, etc. And so on and so on ...

Of course, you can just be a motor head and plonk all your money on a used Ferrari/Lambo. In which case, you probably still need to earn at least S$30-40k month!

[Windy]

Originally Posted by Salary.sg

You can find in today's Straits Times a list of the top 5% highest paying jobs. The list, which is based on a Manpower Ministry's report, is not very different from what I posted in my last year's top 100 jobs post.

I don't even need to check the charts to know bankers and traders are still the best paid .

[Windy]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

IT people should be logical people good in maths, stats and such. I shudder to read statements like the quoted coming from an "IT consultant".

Maybe if he graduated 10 years ago . IT has long replaced Arts & Social as dumping ground.