Our executives' take home pay ranks 9th

According to the World Pay Report compiled by Hay Group, senior managers in Singapore gets an average of US$142,655 in disposable income annually.

This puts us in the number 9 spot in the ranking table. Saudi Arabia is first with US$229,325, UAE second with US$223,939, and Hong Kong third with US$203,947.

The press release also says, "The report was compiled by comparing detailed cross-country pay information from Hay Group PayNet, at management (head of function/department) level."

Tax and cost of living are taken into account when arriving at the numbers.

These are all the ranked countries:

- Saudi Arabia - US$229,325
- UAE - US$223,939
- Hong Kong - US$203,947
- Russia - US$157,348
- Turkey - US$154,762
- Mexico - US$152,283
- Ukraine - US$149,118
- Thailand - US$147,547
- Singapore - US$142,655
- Argentina - US$138,188
- Poland - US$128,537
- Spain - US$128,197
- Switzerland - US$127,732
- China - US$126,281
- Greece - US$126,102
- Malaysia - US$126,026
- Brazil - US$123,766
- Lithuania - US$122,941
- Germany - US$122,427
- Ireland - US$117,010
- Portugal - US$116,678
- Romania - US$115,280
- Austria - US$112,906
- United States - US$104,905
- Netherlands - US$103,823
- Australia - US$103,578
- Japan - US$102,604
- Italy - US$101,487
- South Africa - US$100,257
- New Zealand - US$100,136
- France - US$98,117
- South Korea - US$97,867
- Latvia - US$97,409
- Czech Republic - US$97,352
- Egypt - US$97,001
- India - US$92,750
- Hungary - US$91,358
- Belgium - US$89,632
- Slovakia - US$86,632
- United Kingdom - US$86,367
- Denmark - US$82,697
- Canada - US$81,613
- Estonia - US$80,908
- Norway - US$77,202
- Sweden - US$75,581
- Finland - US$74,038
- Indonesia - US$71,839

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