Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Monthly Income from Work, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)
Description
General Household Survey 2005 counts of Singapore resident working persons aged 15 years and over by monthly income from work, ethnic group (Chinese, Malays, Indians, Others), and sex. Income figures were updated to include employers’ Additional MediSave Contributions with the Key Household Income Trends 2025 release. Labour and equity researchers compare earnings distributions across ethnicity and sex at the mid-2000s benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8790; see https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-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/8790
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males | (Indians) Females | (Others) Total | (Others) Males | (Others) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1647294.000000 | 959689.000000 | 687605.000000 | 1298942.000000 | 737840.000000 | 561102.000000 | 184758.000000 | 115758.000000 | 69000.000000 | 126966.000000 | 84476.000000 | 42490.000000 | 36628.000000 | 21615.000000 | 15013.000000 |
| Below 500 | 58389.000000 | 38763.000000 | 19626.000000 | 45061.000000 | 29010.000000 | 16051.000000 | 7739.000000 | 5726.000000 | 2013.000000 | 4618.000000 | 3455.000000 | 1162.000000 | 971.000000 | 571.000000 | 400.000000 |
| 500 - 999 | 137056.000000 | 67660.000000 | 69396.000000 | 102656.000000 | 50293.000000 | 52363.000000 | 22330.000000 | 11370.000000 | 10960.000000 | 10435.000000 | 5440.000000 | 4995.000000 | 1635.000000 | 557.000000 | 1078.000000 |
| 1,000 - 1,499 | 196740.000000 | 106379.000000 | 90360.000000 | 146848.000000 | 78704.000000 | 68145.000000 | 31857.000000 | 18467.000000 | 13390.000000 | 14780.000000 | 8137.000000 | 6643.000000 | 3254.000000 | 1072.000000 | 2182.000000 |
| 1,500 - 1,999 | 191247.000000 | 104014.000000 | 87234.000000 | 143309.000000 | 76975.000000 | 66335.000000 | 29485.000000 | 17163.000000 | 12322.000000 | 15455.000000 | 8681.000000 | 6773.000000 | 2998.000000 | 1195.000000 | 1804.000000 |
| 2,000 - 2,999 | 327997.000000 | 183375.000000 | 144622.000000 | 256183.000000 | 138852.000000 | 117331.000000 | 42864.000000 | 27961.000000 | 14903.000000 | 23325.000000 | 13774.000000 | 9551.000000 | 5624.000000 | 2788.000000 | 2837.000000 |
| 3,000 - 3,999 | 236644.000000 | 136499.000000 | 100146.000000 | 188677.000000 | 103898.000000 | 84779.000000 | 25315.000000 | 17120.000000 | 8194.000000 | 17395.000000 | 12247.000000 | 5148.000000 | 5258.000000 | 3233.000000 | 2024.000000 |
| 4,000 - 4,999 | 143900.000000 | 86552.000000 | 57348.000000 | 118038.000000 | 67759.000000 | 50279.000000 | 11548.000000 | 8185.000000 | 3363.000000 | 10981.000000 | 8542.000000 | 2438.000000 | 3333.000000 | 2065.000000 | 1267.000000 |
| 5,000 - 5,999 | 98425.000000 | 61989.000000 | 36436.000000 | 81763.000000 | 49783.000000 | 31980.000000 | 5671.000000 | 4076.000000 | 1595.000000 | 8275.000000 | 6427.000000 | 1847.000000 | 2717.000000 | 1702.000000 | 1014.000000 |
| 6,000 - 6,999 | 63533.000000 | 40031.000000 | 23502.000000 | 53312.000000 | 32754.000000 | 20558.000000 | 2947.000000 | 2052.000000 | 896.000000 | 5485.000000 | 4172.000000 | 1313.000000 | 1789.000000 | 1053.000000 | 735.000000 |
| 7,000 - 7,999 | 44930.000000 | 29219.000000 | 15711.000000 | 37983.000000 | 23947.000000 | 14035.000000 | 1898.000000 | 1420.000000 | 478.000000 | 3752.000000 | 3038.000000 | 714.000000 | 1298.000000 | 813.000000 | 485.000000 |
| 8,000 - 8,999 | 32180.000000 | 21206.000000 | 10974.000000 | 27565.000000 | 17628.000000 | 9936.000000 | 1180.000000 | 779.000000 | 401.000000 | 2403.000000 | 2010.000000 | 393.000000 | 1033.000000 | 789.000000 | 244.000000 |
| 9,000 - 9,999 | 23043.000000 | 15307.000000 | 7736.000000 | 19804.000000 | 12748.000000 | 7056.000000 | 641.000000 | 475.000000 | 166.000000 | 1978.000000 | 1560.000000 | 419.000000 | 619.000000 | 524.000000 | 95.000000 |
| 10,000 & Over | 93209.000000 | 68696.000000 | 24513.000000 | 77742.000000 | 55488.000000 | 22254.000000 | 1283.000000 | 963.000000 | 320.000000 | 8084.000000 | 6992.000000 | 1092.000000 | 6100.000000 | 5253.000000 | 847.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Females | Numeric | No |