What are you doing in fintech exactly?

2019 - 4200 (3 months bonus)
2021 - 5900 (change job, no bonus)
2021 - 6500 (change job, 3 months variable)

My journey so far.

2017 - 3500
2018 (mid) - 4500 (adjustment)
2019 - 5000 (promotion)
2019 (mid) - 6500 (switched job)
2020 - 6800
2021 - 7200 (promotion)
2021 (mid) - 9000 (request HR for the increment)

I am planning to switch job next year actually. Road to 5 digits.

I am a software engineer, CS grad FCH but not from NUS unfortunately. My friend who graduated from CS NUS (average result), got 9k as a fresh grad.

2015 - 1600
2016 - 2300 (switched)
2017 - 2700
2018 - 3000
2019 - 3400
2020 - 4500 (switched)
2021 - 7500 (switched)

In IT, not a coder.

2015: 3300
2016: 4000 (switch)
2020: 6300
2021: 9600 (switch)

in Shipping

Wow da heck happened from 2020 - 2021 how did you secure that close to 50% jump

IT infrastructure?

2017 May - 3300
2019 Jan - 3450 (change job)
2020 Jan - 3717 (promoted)
2021 Jul - 4571 (promoted)

Public healthcare sector administrator

Amazing progression especially your recent promotion! Could you share more about what your job scope is as an administrator in the public sector?

Hi, my work centers around strategic and business planning, enterprise risk management, and business continuity management. So there are various skills, such as stakeholder engagement, project management, senior leader engagement, and presentation required. Not an exhaustive list though.

However, administrators in PHIs can also deal with operations, IT, training, HR, finance, etc. Basically anything backend to public healthcare/outside of service delivery/execution, which falls to doctors and nurses.

has anyone worked in Nord L/B, how's the pay and progression? glassdoor reviews doesnt seem positive.

Degree Grad in IS (non-local U)

2014 - 2700
2015 - 3000
2016 - 3750
2017 - 4250 (Changed Job)
2018 - 4700
2019 - 5250 (Promoted)
2020 - 5500
2021 - 5650

In IT Application, nothing great as what others, but this is my realistic sad story.
I hope to do better or change my career at 2022 to secure a better pay.

Bro, don't be too stressed out by other posts here (don't even know if they're true or not). I'd rather we all be realistic and contented with what we have :) Your increments have been rather consistent too! Most of us here pretty much have the same salary range as you. Just keep up the good work and you'll be fine :)

No need stress, now is a good time to switch, make the move!

Hey all,

What is a decent salary after 3 years of experience for a local uni grad in non-tech or non-high finance (IB, S&T, mgmt consulting) industry, i.e. average regular joe which 90% of the population is in.

Thanks!

Hey all,

What is a decent salary after 3 years of experience for a local uni grad in non-tech or non-high finance (IB, S&T, mgmt consulting) industry, i.e. average regular joe which 90% of the population is in.

Thanks!!!

Between 3 to 6 YOE is the best time to hop and get good % raises.. companies are quite willing to pay as you have some level of industry experience already.

Below are my yearly base salary figure progression (some companies didn't pay bonus so I've added % increase in terms of annual package).
Joining some companies which incorporates the bonus into the base salary helps a lot in negotiating for the next job:

2012 - $3400, $3430 (prorated annual increment after 4 months) (base +0.88%)
2013 - $3610 (annual increment) (base +5.24%)
2014 - $4475 (promotion + company incorporate AWS into salary) (base +24%, annual pkg +15.7%)
2015 - $4710 (base +5.2%)
2016 - $6000 (changed company) (base +27.4%)
2017 - $9833 (changed company, new company no bonus) (base +64%, annual pkg + 40.4%)
2018 - $10224 (annual increment) (base +4%)
2019 - $13700 (changed company, new company no bonus) (base +34%, annual pkg +15%)
2020 - $14667 (changed company + new company gives 20% commissions) (base +7%, annual pkg +25%)
2021 - $15833 (promotion) (base +8%)

Average with local uni degree probably 5kish?

wow that's a really impressive salary increase in 2017! mind sharing more about it?

Are you able to share your industry, degree, honours etc?

You have this impression that 90% of the population is an average Joe, which isn’t true.

Real life is a bell curve too, the 20th percentile and 80th percentile are very far apart.

And in the first place, not everyone has a degree to begin with

You need to refine your search parameters better to get a more meaningful answer.

This guy gets it.

not the OP but obviously he/she has already laid out the parameters that he/she is keen - i.e. local uni grad in a field that's outside what's traditionally racking the big bucks

Went to a regional role.
And basically, it appears that HR doesn't really look at how long you have held your last drawn... I had a really decent jump from 2015 to 2016, and got another big jump jumping to another company after just 8 months.

grad in 2019 with starting salary of high 3k+
2 years later (now) around mid 5k+

won't starve, not terrible but not decent too, still trying to survive..

Good sharing. Is regional role more stressful and worth current salary?
15k is annual package divide by 12?

5k+ aft 2 years but complaining about survival

Is 5k+ after 2 years even good lmao

Is it not? Considering the median local uni fresh grad salary for 2020 is 4k & not everyone graduates from/goes to local uni. Either ways, I wouldn’t bring survival into the topic. There are actually real people who are struggling to survive. Earning 5k+ With 2 YOE and complaining about survival is just insensitive.

money no enuf la brudderrr and i'm pretty sure op didn't mean it literally lmao chill man are you earning 2.5 from sgunited??

Less stressful actually, more freedom of time and with good travel opportunities.
15k is the basic. All in, would be around 18-19k.

Im not that guy but my two cents:

That’s cause you’re like comparing against the median. We tend to mix around those who are more comparable to ourselves in education and earning power. If you’re from a local uni then all your classmates are from local uni and there will be a tendency to “forget” about the rest of the world cause they aren’t in your life.

The “survive” part I guess is not meant to be taken literally but more figuratively. When you are the lowest earner in your social group and you get snubbed/looked down upon yes it does feel like we are just trying to “survive” in this dog eat dog world.

Yes it’s not sensitive to those struggling to put food on the table or worrying about their next meal, but please take things in context, this is salary.sg after all and most people here from my conversations tend to be minimally a second upper or first class looking for top tier opportunities.

I highly doubt earning 5k+ after exactly 2 years of graduating puts you as the lowest earner of your social group. As to your point on a dog eat dog world - yes, but that’s more on competition for higher statuses rather than survival. If OP belongs to the former, his/her post was poorly phrased.

Salary.SG is an anonymous forum and probably half the salaries reported here are either just hearsay or fake. That said, most of the more believable salaries discussed here (in this thread and in other posts) don’t seem to post towards mediocrity if one earns >5k after 2 years.

No I’m not. I’m a fresh grad currently drawing close to 5k (and I assume I would hit upwards of 6k after 2 years). But come on, complaining about survival and “money no enough” are two different things. Anyway, just wanted to throw out a piece of advice - money will never be enough. You’ll be extremely unhappy if you are constantly comparing. There will always be someone who will be earning more than you out there. Define what matters to you and don’t chase after money blindly. As someone who struggled with purpose and fell into the trap of incessant comparing in the past, I learned it the hard way that money isn’t everything. After a certain threshold (obviously not 5k, but you’ll easily hit 10k & up as you continue on with a similar trajectory), you’d value other things in life such as WLB, flexibility etc. Novelty (be it $/a higher status) wears off eventually.

Wow thats good to hear..less stressful is most important..
Some regional roles can be quite challenging and not some may not like to travel for work.

Not the original poster. Nonetheless, agree with the latter part of your post that there will come a point in time where beyond a certain threshold, the marginal utility/satisfaction you get for each dollar you earn just plateau which is a lesson to all of us to embrace and cherish life, friendships and happiness while we're in the midst of pursuits for higher financial gains.

Anyways on the discussion of the guy with 5k+ after 2 years, like the previous poster mentioned, doubt it's intended to be taken literally and while the language may have rub off the wrong message to some people, there's no point brooding over it especially when used in the context of Salary.sg, an anonymous forum where practically everyone seems to be "making big bucks and flaunting their salaries" and the notion of "being sensitive to the marginalised/underprivileged society" is not so much prevalent or the focus here. Not that I am advocating we shouldn't (of course we should!) but hey the forum would not have been named "Salary.sg" otherwise.

Great work on your starting salary and projected growth in 2 years!

2016: 2500
2017: 3000
2018: 3500
2019: 4250
2020: 5000
2021: 5900

2016 was a contract role, then 2017 onwards was FT.

Insane growth, well done!! Which sector and what role?

2018 - 3000 (fresh grad)
2019 - 3120 (increment)
2020 - 3180 (increment)
2021 - 4800 (made a jump)

2017 - 3000*14 (fresh grad)
2018 - 3300*16.5 (changed industry, took less base)
2019 - 3800*18 (requested increment, received above avg bonus for a good fiscal year)
2020 - 5100*16 (changed coys)
2021 - 6250*12 (changed coys again, haven't received bonus yet)