“As per the Department’s usual practice, resident and non-resident quarterly employment change figures will not be released for
the Labour Market Advance Release. These figures will be published in the Labour Market Report 2022, to be released in midMarch 2023”
In respect of the above note in the “Labour Market Advance Release” – why is it that the “Report: Labour Market Third Quarter 2022”, did give a breakdown of the 3rd quarter jobs growth into resident and non-residents (foreigners)?
Another example is the Labour Market Advance Release 2019, which also gave the breakdown for resident and non-resident jobs growth – usual or unusual practice?
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/……/mrsd-infographic-LMAR……
Similarly, the Labour Market Advance Release 2017, also gave the breakdown?
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/iMAS……/mrsd-LMAR-Q4-2017.pdf
From “Let the numbers do the talking!” to now
“Let the missing numbers talk even louder?”
“Job take-up rate in Singapore surpassed pre-pandemic levels last year, 2023 outlook cautious” (ST, Jan 31)
3,629,000 Total workforce (excluding MDW) Dec 2022
Resident n.a.?
Non-resident (excluding MDW) n.a.?https://stats.mom.gov.sg/……/employment-Summary……
In December 2021, there were 2,443,100 residents, 3,397,200 (excluding MDW) and 3,643,500 in the total workforce
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/……/mrsd-Labour-Market……
The total workforce (excluding MDW) grew by 231,700, in 2022.
https://www.mom.gov.sg/……/0131-labour-market……
The non-resident (excluding MDW) (foreign) workforce grew from 954,100 in Dec 2021, to what figure in Dec 2022?
(non-resident workforce is shown as n.a. in the Employment Change and Level by Industry and Residential Status Released on: 31 January 2023?)
In this connection, in the light of the “clue” in the “Report: Labour Market Third Quarter 2022” – an estimated less than 1 in 10 jobs growth, may have gone to Singaporeans?
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/……/less-than-1……/
Now that the full year’s (2022) employment growth is published today (31 Jan 2023) – is it still less than 1 in 10 Jobs Growth (est.) to Singaporeans?
55.6% (est.) non-native S’poreans in Workforce?
Dec 2022
59,800 unemployed citizens divided by 3.0% unemployment rate = 1,993,333 citizen workforce
67,400 unemployed residents divided by 2.8% unemployment rate = 2,407,143 resident workforce
PRs workforce = 413,810 (2,407,143 – 1,993,333)
77,300 unemployed overall divided by 2.0% unemployment rate = 3,865,000 overall workforce
Foreign workforce = 1,457,857 (3,865,000 – 2,407,143)
(Dec 2022 seasonally adjusted)
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/Pages/UnemploymentTimeSeries.aspx(Note: The above estimates are derived from the respective unemployment rates & the No. of unemployed)
Breakdown of total workforce (est.):
37.7% foreign (1,457,857)
10.7% PRs (413,810)
51.6% citizens (1,993,333)
48.4% (est.) non-S’porean (foreigners + PRs)
6.7% (est.) (13% x 51.6%) (13% citizen workforce not born in S’pore) (Parliamentary debate, Jul 2021)
0.5% (est.) (est.1% x 51.6%) (est. 1% citizen workforce born in S’pore as non-citizens) (6,959 non-citizen births in 2021 (38,672 total live-births – 34,183 resident live-births – 31,713 citizen births))
https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M81009155.6% (est.) (37.7 + 10.7 + 6.7 + 0.5%) (non-native citizens in workforce (including citizens not born in S’pore & citizens born in S’pore as non-citizens))
