Chemical Engineers come clarify pls.

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This is too much.. Chemical Engineers earning 10k/mth? zhun bo?

http://www.salary.sg/2012/top-100-jo...ingapore-2012/

they took the data from http://www.mom.gov.sg/Documents/stat...sd_2011ROW.pdf. that's the full report. i scanned thru it.

essentially.

Fresh grads:

NUS: employment rate 84.4% Median Monthly Gross Starting Salary $3184
NTU: employment rate 88.4% Median Monthly Gross Starting Salary $3200


But when it comes to their MOM's survey by age group. For establishments >200 employees:

MEDIAN MONTHLY BASIC AND GROSS WAGES OF COMMON OCCUPATIONS BY AGE IN ALL INDUSTRIES, JUNE 2011

Chemical engineer
25-29
no. covered: 50
basic: $4,455
gross: $4,694


30 - 39
no.: 201
basic: $6,097
gross: $6,521


40 - 49
no.: 152
basic: $7,505
gross: $8,593


50 - 59
no.: 103
basic: $8,550
gross: $10,040

Only 98 chemical engineers covered for establishments <200 employees.
basic: $4,622
gross: $5,244



MEDIAN, 25th AND 75th PERCENTILES OF MONTHLY BASIC WAGES OF COMMON OCCUPATIONS IN ALL INDUSTRIES, JUNE 2011

Chemical engineer
no covered: 515
25th percentile: $4,954
Median: $6,805
75th percentile: $9,300


Definition of "Chemical Engineers".
2145 Chemical Engineers
21451 Chemical engineer (general)
21452 Chemical engineer (petroleum)
21459 Other chemical engineers


How true is this? or did they just interview the whole shell or exxonmobil company and call it a day?

10k too high or too low? This whole forum is full of people making 200-300k you know. But it's not that unbelievable. At least they don't claim to be paid a million dollars like our esteemed ministers.

Chemical engineer
25-29
no. covered: 50
basic: $4,455
gross: $4,694


how they define basic = 4455 ??

do you mean 4455 = annual salary(inclusive aws+bonus) divided 12 or annual is 4455 x 12 = 53k/annum ??

or it is 4455 is pure basic, meaning annual annual salary = 12 + aws + bonus = approx 17 mth x 4455 = 75k/annum ??

it mean a difference of 20k in annual salary!!!



last heard of exxon fresh grad(2011) getting 3650 regardless of class of honours + fix 3mth aws + 2-3 variable bonus = 12+3+min2bonus = 17 x 3650 = 62k/annum

MA programs for engineers in petrochemicals easily reach 10k before 30 yrs old.

I suspect the median numbers are skewed low due to many SMEs mislabeling their general engineers under "chemical engineering" For eg

40 - 49
no.: 152
basic: $7,505
gross: $8,593

This makes no sense at all. A chem engineer in his 40s should be at least 14-18k.

The numbers not realistic. Base on survey by robert walter, chem engineer with 5-10yr exp should be 150k to 180k