Profile of Division 3 and 4 officers

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on the profile of Division 3 and 4 officers

Parliamentary Sitting: 9 April 2012

Mr Zainal Sapari: To ask the Prime Minister if he will give a breakdown by Ministry and statutory board of (i) their respective numbers of Division 3 and Division 4 employees; (ii) the age profiles of their respective Division 3 and Division 4 employees; (iii) their respective numbers of Division 3 and Division 4 employees earning gross monthly wages in the wage bands of $1,000 or less, $1,001 to $1,400, $1,401 to $1,700, $1,701 to $2,000, and $2,000 and above.

Written Reply (for the Prime Minister) by Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security, Minister in charge of the Civil Service and Minister for Home Affairs:

As at 31 December 2011, there were 15,297 Division 3 and Division 4 officers in the Ministries and Statutory Boards, of whom 53 per cent were in Ministries and 47 per cent were in statutory boards.  Of the 15,297 officers, 12,366 were Division 3 officers and 2,931 were Division 4 officers.  

The median age band for Division 3 officers in the Ministries and Statutory Boards were 30 - 34 years and 45 - 49 years respectively.  The median age band for Division 4 officers was 50 - 54 years for both Ministries and Statutory Boards.

53 per cent of the Division 3 officers were drawing gross monthly salaries of above $2,000 and another 23 per cent were in the $1,701 - $2,000 salary band.  73 per cent of the Division 4 officers were drawing gross monthly salaries of $1,001 - $1,400, and another 16 per cent were drawing monthly salaries above this level.