Summary Table: Employment

The number of persons in employment tells us about the economy's ability to create jobs.

The change in employment sheds light on the impact of economic changes on the labour market. In particular, the breakdown of employment by sectors helps identify sectors where employment is growing or falling.

Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Employment Level as at Year-end ('000)	3,493.6	3,623.6	3,656.0	3,673.1	3,669.4	3,714.8	3,784.3	3,603.3	3,643.5	3,893.6	n.a.
Employment Distribution by Sector as at Year-end (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Manufacturing	15.5	14.8	14.1	13.6	13.2	13.1	12.9	12.5	12.4	12.4	n.a.
Construction	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.3	12.3	11.9	12.0	11.2	11.2	12.8	n.a.
Services	70.1	70.8	71.5	72.3	73.8	74.2	74.4	75.6	75.8	74.1	n.a.
Others	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	n.a.
Employment Change ('000)
Annual	136.2	130.1	32.4	17.1	-3.6	45.3	69.5	-181.0	40.2	250.1	n.a.
1st Qtr	28.9	28.3	-6.1	12.9	-6.8	3.7	13.6	-25.4	13.9	47.4	40.1^p
2nd Qtr	33.7	27.7	9.7	4.2	-7.3	6.5	6.8	-113.5	-19.9	71.1	n.a.
3rd Qtr	33.1	33.4	12.6	-2.7	-2.3	19.3	27.5	-34.4	-8.4	83.4	n.a.
4th Qtr	40.6	40.7	16.1	2.6	12.7	15.9	21.6	-7.8	54.6	48.1	n.a.
Employment Change (excl MDW) ('000)
Annual	131.3	122.1	23.3	8.9	-10.7	38.3	61.5	-166.6	41.4	227.8	n.a.
1st Qtr	28.4	25.9	-8.6	9.5	-9.4	0.4	10.9	-25.8	12.1	42.0	34.5^p
2nd Qtr	32.7	26.3	7.6	2.1	-7.9	6.5	7.5	-103.8	-16.3	66.5	n.a.
3rd Qtr	32.3	31.6	10.6	-4.2	-4.1	16.7	23.2	-29.1	-2.4	75.9	n.a.
4th Qtr	37.9	38.3	13.7	1.4	10.7	14.6	19.9	-7.9	47.9	43.5	n.a.
Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023

Annual Employment Change by Industry and Residential Status ('000)	Employment Level ('000)

Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Dec 2022
Overall
Total	136.2	130.1	32.4	17.1	-3.6	45.3	69.5	-181.0	40.2	250.1	3,893.6
Total (excl MDW)	131.3	122.1	23.3	8.9	-10.7	38.3	61.5	-166.6	41.4	227.8	3,625.1
Resident	82.9	96.1	0.7	11.4	21.3	27.4	28.0	14.9	71.3	26.3	2,469.4
Non-Resident	53.3	34.0	31.6	5.7	-24.9	17.9	41.5	-195.9	-31.1	223.8	1,424.2
Non-Resident (excl MDW)	48.4	26.0	22.6	-2.5	-32.0	10.9	33.4	-181.5	-30.0	201.6	1,155.7
Manufacturing
Total	4.5	-4.1	-20.5	-15.0	-11.1	4.1	-2.1	-37.0	-1.7	33.8	484.0
Resident	1.2	0.5	-6.0	-6.1	-1.3	3.4	-2.0	-2.9	0.0	-1.0	241.7
Non-Resident	3.4	-4.5	-14.4	-8.9	-9.8	0.7	-0.1	-34.1	-1.7	34.9	242.3
Construction
Total	38.6	14.7	6.4	-11.8	-38.4	-7.1	12.4	-51.8	4.5	91.3	498.9
Resident	6.6	5.1	-0.1	-1.6	-5.7	-1.7	-1.7	1.0	2.6	1.5	118.9
Non-Resident	31.9	9.7	6.5	-10.2	-32.7	-5.4	14.1	-52.7	1.9	89.8	379.9
Services
Total	91.4	118.7	46.2	44.0	46.4	48.4	59.4	-92.1	37.3	124.4	2,886.2
Total (excl MDW)	86.5	110.7	37.2	35.8	39.4	41.4	51.4	-77.6	38.5	102.1	2,617.7
Resident	73.7	90.0	6.8	19.4	28.9	26.1	32.0	16.6	68.5	25.8	2,089.4
Non-Resident	17.8	28.6	39.4	24.7	17.5	22.3	27.4	-108.7	-31.1	98.5	796.7
Non-Resident (excl MDW)	12.9	20.7	30.4	16.5	10.5	15.3	19.3	-94.3	-30.0	76.3	528.2
Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Dec 2022

Source: Administrative Records and Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM
Latest figures published in: Labour Market Advance Release

Notes:

Data are compiled primarily from administrative records, with the self-employed estimated from the Labour Force Survey.
Previously, only data from December 2016 onwards are based on SSIC 2020. In this update, data from December 2008 onwards are revised to be based on SSIC 2020.
Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
Change in employment is the difference in the employment level at the end of the reference period compared with the end of the preceding period.
Data for the three major sectors do not add up to the total as the latter includes Agriculture, Fishing, Quarrying, Utilities and Sewerage & Waste Management.
'excl MDW' refers to excluding migrant domestic workers.
Data may not necessarily add up to total due to rounding.
p = Preliminary
n.a. = Not available

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