top 100 best-paying jobs in SG

This is the 2008 edition of the annual list of the top 100 jobs in terms of pay (see last year’s edition).

This list is compiled based on data from MOM Occupational Wages Survey, which is published as part of the Report on Wages in Singapore 2007.

As with previous years, the MOM survey does not capture performance bonuses, profit sharing and stock options.

The list is being generated by looking at the third-quartile monthly gross wages of the selected jobs published. Explanation: if you’re at the third-quartile, or 75th-percentile, your pay is higher than 75% of the people.
Here’s the top 100 best-paying jobs:

1. Specialised surgeon - $30,755
2. Managing director - $24,472
3. General surgeon - $17,872
4. Commodities futures broker - $17,464
5. General manager - $16,667
6. Company director - $15,513
7. Creative director (Advertising) - $13,000
8. Legal service manager - $12,318
9. Foreign exchange dealer and broker - $11,095
10. Operations manager (Finance) - $9,808
11. Legal officer - $9,790
12. Risk management manager - $9,600
13. Research and development manager - $9,385
14. Computer operations and network manager - $9,300
15. Training manager - $9,000
16. Computer and information systems manager - $8,930
17. Ship-master - $8,671
18. Technical manager - $8,595
19. Financial futures dealer and broker - $8,447
20. Personnel / Human resource manager - $8,420
21. Business development manager - $8,290
22. Corporate planning manager - $8,290
23. Fund manager - $8,125
24. Treasury manager - $8,079
25. Budgeting and financial accounting manager - $8,000
26. Marketing manager - $8,000
27. Power generation and distribution engineer - $7,848
28. Engineering manager - $7,819
29. Chemical engineer (Petroleum) - $7,678
30. Manufacturing plant and production manager - $7,645
31. Chemical engineer (Petrochemicals) - $7,547
32. Advertising and public relations manager - $7,533
33. Advocate and solicitor - $7,500
34. Operations research analyst - $7,500
35. Business management consultant - $7,437
36. Procurement manager - $7,416
37. Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) - $7,400
38. Quality assurance manager - $7,263
39. Customer service manager - $7,142
40. Sales manager - $7,100
41. Logistics manager - $7,050
42. Operations manager (Commerce) - $6,862
43. Chemical engineering technician (Petroleum) - $6,696
44. Automation engineer - $6,680
45. Instrumentation engineer - $6,616
46. Book editor - $6,538
47. Surveyor - $6,523
48. Industrial health, safety and environment engineer - $6,503
49. Building architect - $6,500
50. Transport operations manager - $6,400
51. Editor (Newspapers and periodicals) - $6,369
52. Marine superintendent engineer - $6,340
53. Audio and video equipment engineer - $6,307
54. Premises maintenance manager - $6,304
55. Personal banker - $6,250
56. Chemist - $6,241
57. Electrical engineering technician (High voltage) - $6,225
58. Business analyst - $6,205
59. General physician - $6,173
60. Administration manager - $6,150
61. Financial analyst - $6,000
62. Securities dealer and broker - $5,750
63. Shipping manager - $5,721
64. Building and construction project manager - $5,720
65. Property / Estate manager - $5,715
66. Physicist - $5,700
67. Editor (Radio, television and video) - $5,658
68. Information technology security specialist - $5,646
69. Advertising copywriter - $5,600
70. Director (Stage, film, television and radio) - $5,512
71. Automotive engineer - $5,500
72. Naval architect - $5,480
73. Chemical engineering technician (Petrochemicals) - $5,424
74. Chinese physician - $5,316
75. Financial planner - $5,283
76. Aeronautical engineer - $5,242
77. Chemical engineer (General) - $5,187
78. Broadcasting operations technician - $5,178
79. Market research analyst - $5,174
80. Producer / Director of commercials - $5,150
81. Manufacturing engineer - $5,137
82. Systems programmer - $5,111
83. Actuary - $5,100
84. Production engineer - $5,091
85. Sales representative (Technicial) - $5,089
86. Database administrator - $5,080
87. Semi-conductor engineer - $5,035
88. Mechanical engineer - $5,000
89. Ship rigger - $4,933
90. Systems designer and analyst - $4,914
91. Network systems and data communication analyst - $4,894
92. Sales representative (Medical and pharmaceutical products) - $4,857
93. Flight operations officer - $4,801
94. Civil engineer - $4,746
95. Script writer - $4,740
96. Warehousing manager - $4,706
97. Materials engineer - $4,689
98. Electrical engineer - $4,665
99. Credit analyst - $4,631
100. Electronics engineer - $4,615