you tube dot com/watch?v=sRTxBMe1A1E

Good explanation on salary inflation in SG, summary as below

2016 $3k
2017 $4k (SEA raised the bar)
2018 $5k
2019 up to $6k (US tech comp setup in SG, uber, airbnb, fb)
2020 up to $7k (Covid, US Chinese tension, Chinese tech comp setup in SG, tencent, tik tok, ant finance, binance)
2021 7.5-8k

copy from GT thread