How much are you earning per annum?

I have been working in the financial services industry for the past 10 years.

Life is hard, with many crises over the past decade. Many of my colleagues got retrenched, I was the lucky one, always surviving retrenchment.

My salary is not good, only $80k per annum. Thinking of quitting but find it difficult at the age of 46.

What should I do?

80k is what fresh grads get nowadays.

I am 30 yr old and I draw around 5.6K per month by working in a stat board. During term time, I teach in SIM as an adjunct lecturer, which pays me approximately $1.5K ($125/hr, 3hr per session, once a week). I have also tried trading but i do not think i have the flair for that because I always miss out on the bull's run.

All in all, i can make a decent living and provide my family with a reasonable standard of living.

28yo male.
With 4 yrs experience in a ministry.
Earning $4.9k a month.

this sites should make people register before posting to weed out useless comments like mine...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am 30 yr old and I draw around 5.6K per month by working in a stat board. During term time, I teach in SIM as an adjunct lecturer, which pays me approximately $1.5K ($125/hr, 3hr per session, once a week). I have also tried trading but i do not think i have the flair for that because I always miss out on the bull's run.

All in all, i can make a decent living and provide my family with a reasonable standard of living.

WoW!!

I suppose you grad in 2007 july batch, and is a male with NS....you got 2nd upper/ 1st class ?? How much is your starting pay when you 1st join stat board in 2007? It seem that you are really paid very well..

I am also 30 this year, male, 2007 batch, 2nd lower NUS engineering in local GLC, only $38xx this year

Originally Posted by Unregistered

28yo male.
With 4 yrs experience in a ministry.
Earning $4.9k a month.

It seem that those work in either ministry or statboard are having great salary?!?!?

degree holder in my GLC, only getting between 38xx (1 promotion) to 42xx (2 promotion, consecutively B grader) for 5 years exp...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It seem that those work in either ministry or statboard are having great salary?!?!?

degree holder in my GLC, only getting between 38xx (1 promotion) to 42xx (2 promotion, consecutively B grader) for 5 years exp...

what is GLC?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is GLC?

GLC = government linked company

Eg, SIA/STengineering/Singtel/Keppel/Capitalland.....etc

It is not due to NS. This is because I joined the private sector upon graduation and they remunerated both guys and gals equally, regardless of NS & class of honours. The starting pay then was 2.5K. When i got my Masters (NUS part time) 3 years on, they rewarded me with an upgrade and I hit 3.7K. Thereafter I joined the public service with a $500 increment (using the formula: Last drawn pay x 17.5/15.5....which is quite standard). Earlier this year, I am most fortunate to be the beneficiary of an market adjustment, thereby getting 5.6K.

So u see, there is nothing spectacular about my salary or increment. I am just another person working hard to make a living. I also made full use of my Masters to get a part time lecturing position, just to earn a bit more. I graduated in 2006 and am turning 31 this year.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

WoW!!

I suppose you grad in 2007 july batch, and is a male with NS....you got 2nd upper/ 1st class ?? How much is your starting pay when you 1st join stat board in 2007? It seem that you are really paid very well..

I am also 30 this year, male, 2007 batch, 2nd lower NUS engineering in local GLC, only $38xx this year