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30 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM	Vulcan Post	6.0	Fresh grads may earn more, but S’pore has fewer entry-level jobs in 2026: Report Aon's 2026 Salary Increase and Turnover Study, released Sept 23 and covering 1,200+ organisations across six Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, found entry-level pay up 2.5% year-on-year but entry-level headcount down 3.2% from 2025. Singapore's overall wage growth slowed to 4.1% (from 4.3%), the slowest in SEA versus Vietnam's 6.6% and Indonesia's 5.4%, while a separate March survey of Singapore's six autonomous universities put graduate employment within six months at 83.4%, down from 87.1% in 2024. Aon's Rahul Chawla said companies should redesign graduate roles around problem solving, judgment and working with AI rather than cut entry opportunities. Why: If you hire juniors in Malaysia or Singapore, the cost of a graduate is rising (2.5%) while the number of such roles is shrinking (3.2%) - so the budget conversation is shifting from 'can we afford a grad' to 'what does a grad do that an AI-assisted senior cannot'. The report gives you two concrete levers: Technology roles in Singapore grew 4.2% but also saw 5.7% involuntary turnover (second only to financial services at 8.1%), meaning tech hiring is being churned and reshaped, not frozen. Note the Malaysia-specific numbers are not broken out in this article, so treat it as SEA context rather than a local benchmark. hiring job-market southeast-asia salaries ai-workforce

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30 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM

Vulcan Post

6.0

Fresh grads may earn more, but S’pore has fewer entry-level jobs in 2026: Report

Aon's 2026 Salary Increase and Turnover Study, released Sept 23 and covering 1,200+ organisations across six Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, found entry-level pay up 2.5% year-on-year but entry-level headcount down 3.2% from 2025. Singapore's overall wage growth slowed to 4.1% (from 4.3%), the slowest in SEA versus Vietnam's 6.6% and Indonesia's 5.4%, while a separate March survey of Singapore's six autonomous universities put graduate employment within six months at 83.4%, down from 87.1% in 2024. Aon's Rahul Chawla said companies should redesign graduate roles around problem solving, judgment and working with AI rather than cut entry opportunities.

Why: If you hire juniors in Malaysia or Singapore, the cost of a graduate is rising (2.5%) while the number of such roles is shrinking (3.2%) - so the budget conversation is shifting from 'can we afford a grad' to 'what does a grad do that an AI-assisted senior cannot'. The report gives you two concrete levers: Technology roles in Singapore grew 4.2% but also saw 5.7% involuntary turnover (second only to financial services at 8.1%), meaning tech hiring is being churned and reshaped, not frozen. Note the Malaysia-specific numbers are not broken out in this article, so treat it as SEA context rather than a local benchmark.