Two salary benchmark events have reshaped Singapore's work pass landscape in 2026. In January, MOM reset the COMPASS framework's 65th-percentile salary benchmarks across every sector — with an average increase of 5.1% — raising the bar for Employment Pass applications and renewals. On 1 July 2026, Singapore's S Pass qualifying salary rose to SGD 3,600 [...]
Singapore's 2026 salary benchmarks for the COMPASS Employment Pass framework have reset — and for employers managing EP renewals from 1 July 2026, the change is consequential. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) publishes updated COMPASS C1 salary benchmark tables by sector annually. The 2026 tables, effective from 1 January 2026 for new EP applications and [...]
The 2026 Hays Asia Salary Guide, published on 18 March 2026, found that 43% of professionals in Singapore secured a salary increase of more than 10% by switching employers in 2025. A further 33% reported dissatisfaction with their current salaries, and 43% said they were planning to change jobs in 2026. These figures have a [...]
Each year, as major international recruitment firms release their Singapore salary guides, HR managers face the same strategic puzzle: for each open role, is the market salary high enough to support an Employment Pass, or does it sit in S Pass territory — and what does that mean for costs, quotas, and COMPASS scoring? The [...]
Several major international recruitment firms released their 2026 Singapore salary guides this month, covering finance, technology, HR, and financial services. For HR managers and business owners deciding whether and how to hire foreign professionals, these guides surface a question that sits at the intersection of market reality and immigration law: which roles clear the Employment [...]
Several major international recruitment firms released their 2026 Singapore salary guides in June 2026, covering finance, technology, HR and financial services. The timing matters: from 1 January 2027, the Employment Pass minimum qualifying salary rises from SGD 5,600 to SGD 6,000 (most sectors) and from SGD 6,200 to SGD 6,600 (financial services). The S Pass [...]
Every June, the major international recruitment firms release their Singapore salary guides — and 2026 is no exception. Robert Half, Michael Page, Hays, and Adecco have all published benchmarks covering finance, technology, HR, financial services, and accounting roles. What is rarely done well — by employers, HR teams, or advisers — is mapping these real-world [...]
Every year, Singapore's major international recruitment firms release their salary guides — benchmarks drawn from thousands of placements and employer surveys across finance, technology, HR, legal, wealth management, and other professional sectors. The 2026 editions were released this month, and the data has direct implications for employers using the Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass [...]