Labour Costs in Singapore decreased to 110.90 points in the second quarter of 2025 from 125.30 points in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Singapore Labour Costs - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset provides values for LABOUR COSTS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Singapore Unit Labour Cost Of Business Services data was reported at 123.700 2010=100 in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 123.300 2010=100 for Jun 2018. Singapore Unit Labour Cost Of Business Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 79.800 2010=100 from Mar 1980 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 155 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 129.800 2010=100 in Dec 2017 and a record low of 28.200 2010=100 in Jun 1980. Singapore Unit Labour Cost Of Business Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.G053: Indices of Unit Business Cost and Unit Labour Cost.

As at December 2023, there were ******* work permit holders for the construction and marine shipyard and process industry. Singapore's construction sector relies heavily on migrant labor, the majority of whom come from neighboring Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. Many experienced several challenges in Singapore, including harsh working and living conditions, discrimination, as well as health risks. Construction work Foreigners outnumber residents working in the construction sector in Singapore by a large margin. The majority of them engage in physically demanding and dangerous labor. While construction sites have gotten safer in the past few years, there were still cases of fatal accidents in construction work. This is hardly surprising given the long hours worked, coupled with the physical intensity of the job. Singapore and the migrant worker community Such jobs have long been hard to fill with just the local labor force. Furthermore, increased economic growth has led to an increase in average wages for the resident population. To keep labor costs low, the construction sector employs cheaper labor from other Asian countries. However, this has led to certain prejudices forming and friction between the residents as well as the migrant worker communities. Migrant workers in construction, shipyard and processes are usually housed in crowded dormitories away from local residential areas. This further underlines the segregation between the local residents and the migrant workers.