You ask, “What’s my pay increment for 2010?” Mercer says you can expect 3.2% pay rise next year. The HR consultancy based its projection on a recent survey of 262 companies across 11 industries. Mercer predicts that pharmaceutical companies...

If you are a car owner, does your pay match your car ownership status? If you don’t have a car, how do you know whether you can afford one? In this article, Salary.sg proposes using $7,650 as an income guideline for car ownership in Singapore. We...

Many people often wonder if they can afford to stay in private housing. There are various ways to find the answer. You can ask a bank, calculate your debt ratios, use our 7.6x guideline, or compare your income with the average income of your desired...

I remember watching the NKF charity show on TV as a kid. The whole thing seemed so meaningful to me that I picked up the phone and repeatedly dialled the donation number. No, I didn’t seek my parents’ permission, but let’s not sidetrack. I...

This year, civil servants will get the usual AWS and a one-off payment of 0.25 month capped at $750. This means that a civil servant earning a monthly salary of $3k will get 1.25 months of bonus worth $3,750, whereas another civil servant earning $10k...