Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang, Nee Soon GRC
Question
To ask the Minister for Education in 2015, 2016 and 2017, what have been the average and median starting salaries of ITE, polytechnic and university graduates working in (i) the private sector and (ii) the civil service.
Response
1. Based on the annual Graduate Employment Surveys (GES) conducted by the Institutes of Higher Learning, the median reported gross monthly starting salaries of ITE, polytechnic and Autonomous University (AU) respondents in full-time permanent employment in the private and public1 sectors are as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Median gross monthly starting salaries of ITE, polytechnic and AU respondents in FTP employment, GES 2015-2017
| Median Gross Monthly Starting Salaries2 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| ITE | Public Sector | $2,000 | $2,150 | $2,200 |
| Private Sector | $1,800 | $1,800 | $1,900 | |
| Poly | Public Sector | $2,350 | $2,600 | $2,500 |
| Private Sector | $2,100 | $2,200 | $2,200 | |
| AU | Public Sector | $3,500 | $3,550 | $3,750 |
| Private Sector | $3,200 | $3,200 | $3,300 | |