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Getting a job in Singapore, 2026

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The salary floor rises on 1 January 2027 and Singapore has already published the numbers. The two stage Employment Pass test, COMPASS scored criterion by criterion, the 32 occupations that carry a 20 point bonus, the portal you are not allowed to use, and what the Employment Act actually gives a pass holder.

Country guidePublished 20 September 2026·Every figure checked 20 September 2026·17 min read

40 / 80

COMPASS pass mark, of which half is about your employer

MOM COMPASS, 28 Apr 2026

S$22,500

Monthly salary that skips COMPASS and the advertising rule entirely

MOM EP eligibility, 28 Apr 2026

Shortage occupations carrying a 20 point bonus since 1 Jan 2026

MOM C5 SOL, 13 Aug 2026

No CPF

Work pass holders pay no provident fund, so gross is take home before tax

CPF Board, 22 Jun 2026

Read this before the visa section

Step one is not the visa. Step one is the interview call.

Everything in this guide about permits, thresholds and documents only comes into play after an employer in Singapore has chosen you. Nobody applies for a work permit without an offer letter, and nobody gets an offer letter without an interview. The order is fixed:

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COMPASS scores your application out of 80 and half of it is about your employer, so the same candidate can pass at one company and fail at another. The Employment Pass floor rises again on 1 January 2027. Step one is the whole game, and it is the part almost everyone under-invests in.

How a résumé is expected to look in Singapore

Singapore convention: photograph optional, two pages, achievement-led. State your current pass status if you are already in Singapore.

Where people actually apply

MyCareersFuture (government) · LinkedIn · JobStreet Singapore · Indeed Singapore

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Section 01

The two passes, the salary floors and COMPASS

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Singapore has already published its 2027 rules. If you are reading this in late 2026 you will apply under one set of salary floors and renew under a higher one, so every number on this page comes in two columns. Plan against the right one.

The thing to understand before anything else

An Employment Pass is decided in two stages. Stage one is the qualifying salary for your age and sector. Clear that and you are not approved, you are merely eligible. Stage two is COMPASS, a 40 point test in which half the foundational score is about your employer rather than about you.

MOM, Eligibility for Employment Pass, last updated 28 April 2026, checked 20 September 2026.

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Employment Pass: the salary floor by age

Fixed monthly salary, in Singapore dollars. Financial services sits higher throughout.

Age	All sectors, now	From 1 Jan 2027	Financial services, now	From 1 Jan 2027
23 or below	5,600	6,000	6,200	6,600
25	6,064	6,500	6,709	7,155
30	7,223	7,750	7,982	8,541
35	8,382	9,000	9,255	9,927
40	9,541	10,250	10,527	11,314
45 or above	10,700	11,500	11,800	12,700

The floor rises smoothly between the ages shown; MOM publishes a figure for every year. The current floors have applied to new applications since 1 January 2025 and to renewals since 1 January 2026. The 2027 floors apply to new applications from 1 January 2027 and to renewals of passes expiring from 1 January 2028. MOM EP eligibility, 28 Apr 2026; MOM COS 2024 and COS 2026 factsheets

Section 02

Routes without an employer, the advertising rule, and your rights

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Section 03

Regulated professions, the CV, and what changes in 2027

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