How much do top-level Singapore execs get paid?

They have the highest pay in the region.

Singapore-based execs are the best-paid across the region, a report by professional services company Towers Watson revealed today.

The findings in the Asia Pacific section of Towers Watson’s 2014/2015 Global 50 Remuneration Planning Report showed that pay levels here are around 10% higher compared to the. the next highest, Hong Kong.

Executives right at the top of the hierarchy in Singapore have an average base pay of around US$586,000 a year, compared to around US$445,000 a year in Hong Kong

In Singapore and Hong Kong, base salaries overall edged 3%-4% higher, except at top management level where base salaries grew around 6%-8%.
“Base salaries are, on the face of it, considerably higher in Singapore than Hong Kong, especially at a top management level, but the tax rates at those levels vary considerably and that has a bearing on takehome pay. That said, we do see signs of regional HQs moving from Singapore to other lower cost locations, such as Malaysia and Indonesia, to reduce staffing costs, subject to availability of talent,” said said Sambhav Rakyan, Data Services practice leader, Asia Pacific at Towers Watson

The people you want to reach are already in this room.

Every quarter, SBR lands on the desks of the founders, CFOs, and directors running Asia's most consequential companies. Every day, they open our newsletter and read our website. It's a room that took twenty years to build — and it's the one most of our partners are trying to get into.

The good news is that the door is open. We work with companies on thought leadership articles, sponsored content, industry summits across Southeast Asia, regional awards programmes, podcasts, and media placements in print and digital. The shape of the right partnership depends on what you're trying to do, which is why we'd rather start with a conversation than send a rate card.

If you have something this room should know about, tell us. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.

No rate cards until we understand the brief. It's a better use of everyone's time.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia