Compare civil service salary
I am 32, with 8 years of working experience, joined a stat board at $4300. HR refused to give me higher for the reason that this is the average among my peers considering my age, experiences etc.
I would ike to compare with my peers in the civil service. Any civil servant care to share more? |
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2nd upper Science Graduate (NUS). Class of 2007. Civil Servant. Earning $4.4k gross monthly. I'm not a scholar btw. I will be age 28 by year end 2010. $4.4k is my gross monthly salary (doesnt include the bonuses). Starting pay was $3.3k in 2007 Went up to $3.6k in 2008 Then to $3.8k in 2009 Then to $4.4k in 2010 By default, you get an annual increase in pay (called merit increment;dependent whether u perform well at work) and on top of that a promotional increment (if you get promoted to a higher job-grade) Hope this will give you a guage of your salary. |
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2nd Upper Econs Grad (UK uni) Non-scholar, 30 yrs old. Civil Servant
Drawing $5.3k gross monthly salary (doesn't include bonuses) Starting pay was $2.9k in early 2007. |
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In comparison, your increment is much faster than the 28 yr-old-guy who started with $3.3k in 2007. But I guess he will most likely draw $5.3k when he reaches 30 yr-old based on 10% annual increment. Now, i felt so cheated by HR. They are just using those reasons as excuses for bargaining. Some more, if I am not wrong, there isn't any salary downward adjustment in 2007-2009. HR just wanna take advantage of economy downturn to cut new ppl's salary. I was earning $5.3k + $500 transport allowance in my previous job in private sector and I would think that this is slightly above "average" among my peers that time. |
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Stat boards have the discretion to set their salaries differently from the Civil service i.e. Ministries. Thus, your HR may not have been wrong to say that that is indeed the average within your organisation. |
Wow, Civil Service really pays so well huh. I'm a grad in the pte sector and my pay is peanuts compared to u guys. 30yr old with 5yrs working experience some more. Over 5 yrs my salary only grew from $1.9k to $2.8k.
Is it easy to enter Civil Service? I've applied several times before but failed to even get called up for interview. And their employment application forms seems to want to know everything about you, even how well you did for PSLE (-_-)"' |
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-A fresh grad (gd honours, with NS) entering the intelligence service would likely draw a starting pay close to 4.5k, give and take 1k, if not mistaken. -An economist (masters degree, with NS) would likely be drawing anything from 4.5k- 5k or possibly even more. And don't even start on the elite Admin Service and their feeder MA scheme.... |
Was deciding to join the marine industry on civil service.. seems like civil services is a better choice after all.
Marine industry offer 2400 to 2600.. Civil service starting pay is about 3100-3700 already... |
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