Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has released the new salary benchmarking table for the Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS), the points-based evaluation system applicable to all Employment Pass (EP) applications. The benchmarks are derived from MOM’s Manpower Research and Statistics Department’s (MRSD) annual Comprehensive Labour Force Survey. The recently-released salary benchmarking table will apply to initial EP applications from January 1, 2025, and EP renewal applications of passes expiring from July 1, 2025.
The current salary benchmarks table (which was released in May 2023) applies to initial EP applications filed until December 31, 2024, and EP renewal applications of passes expiring from September 1, 2024, until June 30, 2025. The benchmarking table released in August applies to New EP applications from 1 January 2025 and Renewals of EPs expiring from 1 July 2025. Current C1 salary benchmarks by sector apply to New EP applications up to 31 December 2024 (inclusive) and renewals of EPs expiring from 1 September 2024 to 30 June 2025. This revised EP qualifying salary will also apply to the renewal of EPs that are expiring from 1 January 2026.
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