And he's only 28 years old. This puts him in the top 10% in his age group, according to Salary.sg's benchmarking tool.

But Mr Dharambir the security guard is in the news for a different reason.

While having a drink with his friends, he boasted about his $4,000-a-month salary, and later got hit by one of them for being a show-off. This incident is reported in today's Straits Times.

So next time you enter a building, say hello to the well paid security guards.

http://www.salary.sg/2008/security-guard-makes-4k/