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Women in Singapore earn 9% less than men
Experts say career breaks to look after family, less training among reasons for gender pay gap
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Experts told The Straits Times that this is likely due to more women taking a career break to look after their families, which results in them having less training and work experience.
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Despite years of talk about gender equality, a woman working in Singapore still earns less than a man, in general. For some occupations, the pay gap at the median wage was a whopping 35 to 50 per cent in June 2017, based on the latest official data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
Overall, the median monthly salary of a woman in full-time work was 9 per cent, or $410, less than a man in full-time work.
