If you’re a working professional in your late thirties, the median gross salary in your age group is $5,048/mth.
Managers in the same age group make a median pay of $6,500.
This is according to the Ministry of Manpower’s
Report on Wages 2008 (released middle of this year).
Here are the stats for the various age groups:
1. 25-29 age group: Managers $3,860, Professionals $3,416
2. 30-34 age group: Managers $5,225, Professionals $4,269
3. 35-39 age group: Managers $6,500, Professionals $5,048
4. 40-44 age group: Managers $7,150, Professionals $5,536
5. 45-49 age group: Managers $7,480, Professionals $5,800
Is your pay above the median?
And here are the top 22 managerial and professional jobs ranked by their median gross wages in the late-thirties age group:
1. Specialised surgeon - $26,250
2. Advocate and solicitor - $12,243
3. Managing director - $12,000
4. Fund manager - $11,854
5. General manager - $11,459
6. Company director - $10,515
7. Business management consultant - $9,619
8. Legal officer - $8,725
9. Treasury manager - $8,500
10. Risk management manager - $8,209
11. General physician - $8,176
12. Legal service manager - $8,015
13. Chemical engineer (Petroleum) - $7,854
14. Operations manager (Finance) - $7,800
15. Computer operations and network manager - $7,107
16. Budgeting and financial accounting manager - $7,021
17. Research and development manager - $7,000
18. Computer and information systems manager - $6,779
19. Creative director (Advertising) - $6,625
20. Business development manager - $6,500
21. Information technology security specialist - $6,498
22. Marketing manager - $6,495
Also deserving of mention are: Corporate Planning Manager and Training Manager (each >$8,500 in the early-forties age group), and University Lecturer (>$7,500 in the late-forties age group).
See also my list of the
100 best-paying jobs.
http://www.salary.sg/2009/profession...ve-the-median/