As of December 2023, there were 383.9 thousand skilled foreign workers in Singapore. These constituted the foreign labor force holding the Employment Pass (EP) and the S-Pass. To qualify for an EP, the applicant must have a fixed monthly salary of at least 4,500 Singapore dollars. The S-Pass holder must have a fixed monthly salary of at least 2,500 Singapore dollars.
Size of skilled foreign workforce in Singapore from 2014 to 2023
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Ministry of Manpower (Singapore). (June 12, 2024). Size of skilled foreign workforce in Singapore from 2014 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/966458/skilled-foreign-workforce-numbers-singapore/
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