same company

Are all the 5 yrs in same company?
Or you jump ship to get increment?

Can state your salary in years

2013, yr 0 = 2.9k
2014 = ???
2015 = ???
2016 = ???
2017 = ???
2018, yr 5 = 8.2k

Been in the oil & gas EPC industry for close to 11 years, drawing only 91k per annum. Is this very low as compared to working in shell, Exxon?
I am a bit lost with my career at the moment. Don’t know what I can do. Wanted to switch career but not sure what else I can do. Pls give me some advice.

Dun switch career, you will have to start new again.

Switch role. A reason you find lost could be that you stayed too long and need to learn new things and expore your other capabilities.

I've less experience than you in oil and gas but I've been with an oil major since graduation. My annual package is $225k (all in). So I am pretty sure you will do better than your current $91k if you switch to an oil major.

I've many colleagues who worked in EPC and joined so it's probably not too difficult.
I am not sure what you specialize in so I can't really advise. But in general, if you specialize in discipline engineering e.g. mechanical, electrical civil etc, then you can try project engineering, maintenance or even pure engineering assurance roles. If you specialize in process engineering, then you can try out process engineer roles.

Oil major pays better. I am getting the same as you with 5 years experience and due for promotion next year.

O&G jobs are typically paid higher than other industry, except aviation, due to the current oil price downturn, where O&G industry suffers a painful hit on reducing baseline cost.

If you still consider staying in O&G industry, suggests that you do a horizontal movement within the company to get yourself more exposure to different skillset and put your adaptability to the test.

I had 10 years experience in the O&G industry until the oil price slumped below $30 per barrel and my company suffered detrimental impact and required to be re-organised. I left the company since and joined the aviation industry and found that the industry pays decent base salary and bonuses that are far better that O&G OEMs. However, it is challenging to get your foot into the aviation industry though. Therefore, acquire skillsets that are "transferable" to different industry, which should be downturn-proof per se.

Take this kind of salary and come post in Salary.sg ?
I ask my grandma to come take a look. She say she cannot believe her eyes.

What is your income tax per year ? or is that your basic salary without bonus ?

I supposed in 2018 and 2019, his salary took a dive by more than 30% if he is still at O&G

These numbers are for yearly package, not monthly. So so only

It is yearly package divide 12.

O&G. Annual package / 12

Year 0 : 5k
Year 1 : 5.7
Year 2 : 6.5
Year 3 : 7
Year 4 : 8.4
Year 5 : 9
Year 6 : 11.5

Didnt know o&g is doing so well now.. 24k /mth as an engineer... Hm... Thats alre a director pay in alot of company..

only oil majors can provide such salaries...

Actually its dependent on the company business performance.
Many people thought that o&g is not doing well. Whether in good or bad times, the overall package is still decent.

Im currently in Year 2 - 3125 + OT (5500)

My seniors who are working for 10years plus are earning 7k+ +OT (12k+++). We are in the aerospace industry where we are given lots of overtime and allowances to get the job done. Bonus per year min is 4mth.

This is why Aerospace Poly course are difficult to get in. The cutoff points for poly is 9 points.

It's the same for aerospace approval or licensed engineers. We technically earn more than our managers. 🤣

I'm not an engineer. But from all the posts in this thread, it seems like I can deduce these things:

- Engineering seems to be slightly more recession-proof compared to other industries e.g. banking and finance? Hardly any retrenchment?

- Starting pay not exactly high, but promotions/progression/company change (while remaining an engineer) pushes the average monthly salary up a lot every single year?

- Not exactly easy to be employed by a major O&G/Aviation organisation, but if you are, the annual package seems a lot better than the median pay of an average Singaporean?

Again, I'm not an engineer, so not sure if these trends are true. Seeking advice on behalf of my juniors.

Besides salary, please also enlighten us on your working hours/work-life balance :) Thanks :)

Aerospace engineer, first class honours NTU GPA 4.88 with masters. 7 years working experience, annual income for 2019: 268K

Able to share on your working hours/work-life balance?

Monday to Friday 9pm to 6pm. 1 h lunch break. 21 days leave. Work life balance is pretty ok as I just switch off from work after working hours.

Are you working in a technical service?

u really believe trolls? LOL

Principal engineer role, technical side

It's not about believe or dont believe. I'm in aviation industry too but totally a different workscope. I'm working on a 5 day work shift and after working hours will be OT for us.

is your job LAE or normal aerospace engineering services?
are you able to clock OT and get paid for it.

268k ~~ your basic about 15k/mth + 1mth AWS + 5mth bonus ---WoW (only with 7yr exp)


I dun think any private MNC pay that much for 7 yr exp.

Had friend from SIA/SIAEC/ST aero with 7 years exp also dun get that much.
(Even scholar from fast track with good performance maybe getting 7.3k+/- basic.


Likely you are a scholar from DSTA under Air System

Well private MNC earns more than known companies such SIAEC/ST. Me myself is earning a reasonable amount but definitely more than my peers working as a LAE in sg. They are underpaid due to many appointment holders in the company. In SIAEC itself, lae are mostly the last person to oversee the whole operation. In terms of workscope, your certifying technician can sign off an aircraft for you and supervisor to take charge of your technicians discipline issue. In private sector, I have to manage my technicians on my own and plan all their work scope. At the same time, I have to carry out my own tasks. So yeah, this is why we are paid more than SIAEC and ST Aero. Fun fact st 3mth bonus, since 0.83 bonus this year.

SIAEC 0.83 bonus*

help you add a decimal point 26.8K annnually

Why narrow-minded only think of SIA/SIAEC/ST aero? There are also Airbus /Boeing/ Bombardier/ Safran based here leh. Not too long ago, one of the above was like paying 8 mths bonus leh. So 268K isn't that far off.

That's was before they decide to have many joint venture company with other companies. In fact,if you join a joint venture companies, you get more benefits than the mention companies. Bro,most of the aerospace graduates only think about ST and SIA especially NTU graduates getting 2.5k for 4 years in the LAE program before getting their allowance when they pass out and get their stamp.

With 7 to 10 years experience, annual packages of above 200K pa for aerospace Engineers are not surprising for deans listers and top graduates. Need good performance of course.

Please take these figures with a pinch of salt. Go to glassdoor or other reliable sites for the real figures.

Not really. You have to explore the aerospace industry yourself. I can say its competitive whereby on one end, you end becoming a technician even with a degree when a certain job post become too competitive. But one thing I say is that in aerospace industry , as long as you work in the operations, you can get a decent amount of money regardless a technicians or engineers.

2006 - $4k
2007 - $5k
2008 - $6k
2009 - $7.5k
2010 - $8k
2011 - $9k
2012 - $10k
2013 - $13k
2014 - $16k
2015 - $18k
2016 - $19k
2017 - $21.5k
2018 - $24k
2019 - $25k
2020 - $28k

Thought I'd update with the last couple of years. Again these are yearly packages / 12, inclusive of AWS + stock etc.

Starting at 4k in 2006 is very good

Singaporean sure like to talk cock. Pathetic :D

C&S Engineer
 

(small sme)
2013 3k ( annual 36 k )
2014 3k ( annual 36 k )
2015 3.2k + 1.5 month bonus ( annual 43.2 k )
2016 3.4k + 6.8k bonus (annual 47.6k)
2017 3.6k + 9k bonus (annual 52.2 k)
2018 4.5k + 11k bonus (1st PE exam passed) (annual 67.4k)
2019 4.7k (2nd PE exam passed)

(Medium sme)
2019 5k (annual 60k)
2020 5k (no increment) and paycut may happen

MNC offer
2020 new job offered, 5.5k + 1 month AWS + bonus ( annual 71.5k + unknown)

Our C&S field really low compare to other fields of engineering