Compare your annual salary (2008)

Oh, my god. You guys really earned a lot.
My 2008 income is 59K. 32 yrs old. Female.
Not sure about 2009...
feel blue....

well, i'm a fresh grad from a local uni and i'm getting 2.5k/mth. and contrary to popular belief, not everyone is earning scads of moolah.

feeling incredibly bleak... haha, not sure my industry will ever see me making some of the money you guys are getting....

yann : take heart, I started at 2.3k ++ almost 9 years ago. Also from a local Uni.

yann, you're just starting, you still have many years to increase your salary tremendously, don't feel so bleak... and perhaps take a look at other industries as well if you're sure that your industry is not paying well.

Yann,

Money is not everything. I believe your scope of work is more important. Does it allow you to learn and develop useful skills?

I started on $2K a month, fresh from uni 7 yrs ago. No bonus. I'm now 29 and am getting $10K excluding bonus. In between my 7 years, I took a sabbatical and travelled for a year.

But honestly, I do not understand the Singaporean pre-occupation with money and salaries. I think it's ok for the short term if one has certain financial goals to achieve but in the long term I would rather do what I like rather than just stick it out for the money.

To people who don't think money is everything, money won't be everything. To people who think money is everything, money will be everything.

I say just do whatever makes you happy.

Goodie,

Agreed. Everybody is different. To each his / her own. It's important to do whatever makes you happy. In my case, I will be leaving Singapore to live elsewhere.

Somehow i found Singaporean really have good salary. Only a small portion will have less than 3k i guess.

guys i seriously need help, i'm currently in computer sci,the prospect of IT is it really that bad? i'm not greedy, can earn 5k around 32 i ok with it liao.

Computer science is not that bad. Your target of 5k should be attainable, but just be aware of the keen competition from India, China and even the Philippines. These foreign talent ask for peanuts (comparatively) when looking to work and live in Singapore.
I suggest you quickly move up the value chain and work in areas which are harder for FT to infiltrate, such as in sales (targeting local companies and SMEs) where local knowledge and local accent puts you at an advantage, or in project management leading a team of FT.
That said, I have the view that most bosses think that IT can be easily outsourced - "programmers and IT support staff are a dime a dozen elsewhere".