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i wanted to find out how much i will earn as a chemical engineer...and i found this article dated 2007.

top 100 salary list

for monthly basic wages (that means gross wages minues variable pay (eg ot, food, transport etc))

TOP 5
1. Managing director - $20,000
(waaah.)

2.Commodities futures broker - $17,084
(hey that's what rebecca from Shopaholic wanted to be.)

3.Financial futures dealer and broker - $16,667

4.General Manager - $15,417

5.Foreign exchange dealer and broker - $13,024

in general, top 5 earners are BROKERS.





8.Specialised surgeon - $12,000

9.Risk management manager - $10,800
(for being in charge of risk, that is sure is some reward.)


16.Engineering manager - $7,543
(ah.)


23.Advocate and solicitor - $7,300


31.Editor (Newspapers and periodicals) - $6,798

32.Editor (Radio, television and video) - $6,776
(so cool, an editor earns THIS much! ranked 32! i never knew that.)


34.Chemical engineer (Petroleum) - $6,708
(oh man but i dun wanna do petroleum...)


41.Building architect - $6,400


42.Lawyer (except advocate and solicitor) - $6,300


generally, managers of commerce are among the top 50. next comes the engineers.



60.Aeronautical engineer - $5,063

70. Materials engineer - $4,414
(2nd sis)

71. Accountant - $4,380
(1st sis)

and numerous other engineers including mechanical engineer until...

82.Chemical engineer - $4,235
(me...sobs)

83. Translator - $4,205
(damn!!! i should have pursued my childhood dream of being a translator after all, it comes right after a chemical engineer!!!! wth~ argh i wanna be a translator!!)


88.Chemical engineer (Petrochemicals) - $4,146
(why such a big diff bn petroleum and petrochemicals?)

98.Librarian - $4,000
(*gasps*)

99.Specialised nurse - $4,000

100.Medical diagnostic radiographer - $3,993
(hey that's like what pearlyn is doing...it's almost 4000! that's cool.)




teachers, civil servants, public sector jobs are not covered in the survey. quote:

HH, unfortunately, it seems teachers are not covered by the MOM survey. Neither are civil servants and other public sector jobs.
The occupations closest to “school teachers” that are covered by the survey are “language school teacher” (3rd-quartile pay: $1,900) and “pre-primary education teacher” ($1,475).

and man this person got A LOT of comments from his readers. headache.

all right i guess his info isnt THAT accurate...cz there are lots of things not included. from what i read in other articles:

GPs earn 5-digit sums, very very close to top 5 i mentioned just now. a stand-in doctor earns 60-70 per hour.

and theres a sec 3 guy from hc who is already asking what he should take in uni and what job he should take. err. go to hell.