OPINION: 18 percent drop in salary for poly graduates? - Leong Sze Hian

The Online Citizen, 10 Jan 2012

I refer to the article “Higher pay but fewer full-time jobs for polytechnic graduates: Survey” (Today, Jan 9).
It states that “The median gross monthly salary of fresh poly graduates in full-time permanent employment went up by S$50 to S$1,850. For post-NS graduates, their salaries rose by S$100 to S$2,100”.
According to the same survey for 2007 (see HERE), the average gross monthly salary of fresh poly graduates was $1,805, and $2,171 for post-NS poly graduates. Full story