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Average Weekly Total Paid Hours Worked / Standard Hours Per Employee By Industry - Annual

Description

Ministry of Manpower CSV series from 1998 onward reporting average weekly total paid hours and standard hours per employee by industry. Labour economists study working-time norms, overtime patterns, and sectoral differences in Singapore’s workforce, noting the survey coverage change in 2006.

Official description

Total Paid Hours worked is the total number of paid hours worked during a week by an employee. It is the sum of Standard Hours Worked and Paid Overtime Hours Worked. Standard Hours Worked is the number of hours, excluding meal breaks worked by an employee during a normal working week Paid Overtime Hours Worked is the number of hours worked by an employee in excess of the standard hours for which the employee was paid. It excludes overtime hours worked for which "time-off" was granted instead of wage payment. Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

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Coverage
1998-01-01 – 2025-01-01
Rows
1,154
Columns
4

Data

Year Industry Total Paid Hours Standard Hours
1998 manufacturing 48.5 42.8
1998 food, beverages and tobacco 44.4 41.7
1998 textile and wearing apparel 49.5 43.4
1998 paper products and publishing 49.5 43.3
1998 petroleum and chemical products 45.2 42
1998 rubber and plastic products 48.8 43.1
1998 fabricated metal products 50.9 43.5
1998 machinery and equipment 50.7 43.5
1998 electrical products 48 43
1998 electronic products 46.1 42
1998 medical and precision instruments 45.9 42
1998 transport equipment 53.6 43.9
1998 other manufacturing industries 49.9 43.9
1998 construction 51.6 44.8
1998 services 43.7 41.8
1998 wholesale and retail trade 43.4 41.6
1998 wholesale trade 43.6 41.8
1998 retail trade 43 41.1
1998 hotels and restaurants 40.9 40
1998 hotels 45.1 43.7
1998 restaurants 37.6 37
1998 transport, storage and communications 46.4 43
1998 financial intermediation 43 41.8
1998 financial institutions 43.3 42.1
1998 insurance and pension funding 40.3 39.5

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Year Year (YYYY) Yes
Industry Text Yes
Total Paid Hours Text Yes
Standard Hours Text Yes