Methodology

Filter rules

1. 1.Data source: the green-collar salary ledger (data/salary_index.db) written by this site’s daily posting sweep of MyCareersFuture endpoints and posting pages that are reachable without a login. All of it is public information; nothing comes from behind a login.
2. 2.Denominator: observations in the Singapore market, in SGD, on a monthly period, with a posted salary type (the figures the employer printed on the vacancy) and a salary floor present. Annual and hourly figures and other markets stay out of this table.
3. 3.“At threshold”: the posted salary floor is at least S$5,600. Why this value: it is the lowest rung of the whole EP qualifying-salary scale (non-financial, age 23 or below), which makes it the most permissive reading; the bar rises with age and financial services has a higher scale, and since sector classification is MOM’s call, not ours, everything is measured against the non-financial entry rung with the financial scale printed alongside.
4. 4.“At any age” column: the posted floor is at least S$10,700, the value at age 45 and above, meaning the posting clears every age rung before 2027.
5. 5.Employer grouping: names are merged after normalisation (dropping suffixes like Pte and Ltd and bracketed notes), the same formula as the salary index. Agency postings sit under the agency’s name; where the ledger records an end-client note it stays in the name.
6. 6.Posted band: from the smallest posted floor to the largest posted ceiling among the employer’s at-threshold postings. It is the range of the employer’s asking prices, not anyone’s actual pay.
7. 7.Function mix: the output of this site’s own six-way green-collar classifier (carbon and environmental commodities, climate tech, compliance and disclosure, corporate sustainability, ESG consulting, sustainable finance), not MOM’s industry classification.
8. 8.Sample bias: the ledger only holds salary-disclosed green-collar postings, and vacancies exempt from FCF advertising (fixed monthly salary of S$22,500 or more, firms under 10 employees, short-term roles, local transferees, intra-corporate transfers) never appear on MyCareersFuture at all. The numbers describe the visible, salary-disclosed slice of the market, not the whole of it, and employers should not be compared head-to-head on them.
9. 9.Honest-n principle: every row prints its sample size. Denominator, numerator and employer counts are printed exactly as the ledger holds them, with no extrapolation.

Sources and verification dates

Every threshold figure below defers to the mom.gov.sg page as of the stated date. MOM reviews these annually; re-check before citing.

• EP minimum qualifying salary (new applications before 1 Jan 2027): from S$5,600 rising to S$10,700 at age 45+ for all sectors except financial services; from S$6,200 rising to S$11,800 for financial services. Fixed monthly salary, scaled by age

  from S$5,600 / S$6,200

  https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/employment-pass/eligibilityVerified 2026-08-15

• Announced increase: from 1 Jan 2027 new applications face S$6,000 to S$11,500 (non-financial) and S$6,600 to S$12,700 (financial services); for renewals, applies to passes expiring on or after 1 Jan 2028

  from S$6,000 / S$6,600 (2027)

  https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/employment-pass/eligibilityVerified 2026-08-15

• COMPASS points framework (stage two of the two-stage assessment): 40 points to pass; C1 salary against local PMET salary benchmarks in the sector (65th percentile scores 10, 90th scores 20), C2 qualifications, C3 nationality diversity, C4 support for local employment, plus bonus points for Shortage Occupation List roles (C5) and strategic economic priorities (C6); exempt at S$22,500+ fixed monthly salary, for overseas intra-corporate transferees and for roles of 1 month or less

  40 points to pass

  https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/employment-pass/eligibility/compass-c1-salary-benchmarksVerified 2026-08-15

• Fair Consideration Framework: before most EP applications the vacancy must be advertised on MyCareersFuture for at least 14 consecutive days; exemptions cover firms under 10 employees, fixed monthly salaries of S$22,500 and above, roles of 1 month or less, local transferees and intra-corporate transfers

  at least 14 days

  https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/employment-pass/consider-all-candidates-fairlyVerified 2026-08-15