Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2005)
Description
General Household Survey 2005 table on married couples in Singapore resident households by combined monthly income-from-work bands of husband and wife. Fine-grained income pairing supports household economics and gender income gap studies; income concepts include employer Additional MediSave contributions per the 2025 technical note.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 Footnotes: Note: Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8841
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| Number | Total | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) Below 1,000 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 1,000 - 1,499 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 1,500 - 1,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 2,000 - 2,499 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 2,500 - 2,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 3,000 - 3,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 4,000 - 4,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 5,000 - 5,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 6,000 - 7,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 8,000 - 9,999 | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 10,000 & Over | (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) Not Working |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 786810.000000 | 42025.000000 | 66630.000000 | 66692.000000 | 66612.000000 | 50569.000000 | 89526.000000 | 59435.000000 | 45867.000000 | 53890.000000 | 29821.000000 | 56586.000000 | 159159.000000 |
| Below 1,000 | 54211.000000 | 7440.000000 | 8176.000000 | 6253.000000 | 5469.000000 | 3765.000000 | 4833.000000 | 2586.000000 | 1514.000000 | 1504.000000 | 979.000000 | 1559.000000 | 10133.000000 |
| 1,000 - 1,499 | 52450.000000 | 3720.000000 | 8190.000000 | 7026.000000 | 5985.000000 | 4228.000000 | 6109.000000 | 3187.000000 | 2011.000000 | 1851.000000 | 676.000000 | 1056.000000 | 8412.000000 |
| 1,500 - 1,999 | 45014.000000 | 2494.000000 | 4668.000000 | 6325.000000 | 6083.000000 | 3948.000000 | 6488.000000 | 3554.000000 | 1864.000000 | 1861.000000 | 733.000000 | 1118.000000 | 5877.000000 |
| 2,000 - 2,499 | 41589.000000 | 1740.000000 | 3368.000000 | 4121.000000 | 5731.000000 | 3927.000000 | 7069.000000 | 3990.000000 | 2815.000000 | 2443.000000 | 1181.000000 | 1766.000000 | 3438.000000 |
| 2,500 - 2,999 | 32453.000000 | 1104.000000 | 2016.000000 | 2860.000000 | 3205.000000 | 3375.000000 | 6170.000000 | 3857.000000 | 2638.000000 | 2177.000000 | 910.000000 | 1400.000000 | 2741.000000 |
| 3,000 - 3,999 | 54584.000000 | 1517.000000 | 2598.000000 | 3366.000000 | 3889.000000 | 4155.000000 | 10355.000000 | 8064.000000 | 5784.000000 | 5779.000000 | 2396.000000 | 2816.000000 | 3865.000000 |
| 4,000 - 4,999 | 33070.000000 | 836.000000 | 927.000000 | 1625.000000 | 2001.000000 | 1919.000000 | 4739.000000 | 4618.000000 | 3619.000000 | 4850.000000 | 2374.000000 | 3150.000000 | 2412.000000 |
| 5,000 - 5,999 | 22236.000000 | 508.000000 | 617.000000 | 547.000000 | 950.000000 | 922.000000 | 2748.000000 | 2448.000000 | 3135.000000 | 4078.000000 | 1824.000000 | 3007.000000 | 1452.000000 |
| 6,000 - 7,999 | 25043.000000 | 746.000000 | 627.000000 | 550.000000 | 1205.000000 | 790.000000 | 2024.000000 | 2330.000000 | 2557.000000 | 4985.000000 | 2878.000000 | 4766.000000 | 1585.000000 |
| 8,000 - 9,999 | 11618.000000 | 323.000000 | 282.000000 | 217.000000 | 270.000000 | 272.000000 | 712.000000 | 808.000000 | 830.000000 | 1859.000000 | 2012.000000 | 3061.000000 | 973.000000 |
| 10,000 & Over | 16080.000000 | 430.000000 | 233.000000 | 225.000000 | 384.000000 | 319.000000 | 697.000000 | 598.000000 | 900.000000 | 1765.000000 | 1578.000000 | 7362.000000 | 1588.000000 |
| Not Working | 398462.000000 | 21167.000000 | 34929.000000 | 33576.000000 | 31440.000000 | 22947.000000 | 37581.000000 | 23394.000000 | 18199.000000 | 20738.000000 | 12281.000000 | 25527.000000 | 116683.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) Below 1,000 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 1,000 - 1,499 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 1,500 - 1,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 2,000 - 2,499 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 2,500 - 2,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 3,000 - 3,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 4,000 - 4,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 5,000 - 5,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 6,000 - 7,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 8,000 - 9,999 | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) 10,000 & Over | Numeric | No |
| (Monthly Income From Work Of Husband ($)) Not Working | Numeric | No |