Attribution

This site contains information from Graduate Employment Survey - NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU, SUSS & SUTD which is made available under the terms of Singapore Open Data License version 1.0 accessed at 23/12/2024. The dataset was further extended by the author and is made available under the same license.

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Data Schema

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Datetime (Year) "YYYY"	-	-
University	university	Text (General)	-	-
School	school	Text (General)	-	-
Degree	degree	Text (General)	-	-
Overall Employment Rate (%)	employment_rate_overall	Text (General)	-	Overall employment rate refers to the number of graduates working in full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis, as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who were working, or not working but actively looking and available for work) approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations.
Full-Time Permanent Employment Rate (%)	employment_rate_ft_perm	Text (General)	-	Full-time permanent employment rate refers to the number of graduates in employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary (including contracts of one year or more), as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who were working, or not working but actively looking and available for work) approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations.
Basic Monthly Salary - Mean (S$)	basic_monthly_mean	Text (General)	-	Basic monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic pay before deduction of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, other regular cash payments, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
Basic Monthly Salary - Median (S$)	basic_monthly_median	Text (General)	-	Basic monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic pay before deduction of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, other regular cash payments, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
Gross Monthly Salary - Mean (S$)	gross_monthly_mean	Text (General)	-	Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
Gross Monthly Salary - Median (S$)	gross_monthly_median	Text (General)	-	Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
Gross Monthly Salary - 25th Percentile (S$)	gross_mthly_25_percentile	Text (General)	-	Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
Gross Monthly Salary - 75th Percentile (S$)	gross_mthly_75_percentile	Text (General)	-	Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances, and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.

**For caveats related to individual datasets, refer to the source material from MOE as they vary over time. In general, data on law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey after graduates have completed their one-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship/first-year residency/practical training.