Start with the Ministry of Education’s latest Education Statistics Digest. Its employment-outcomes table for ITE fresh and post-National Service graduates is sourced from the Graduate Employment Survey conducted by ITE and includes the survey year, employment categories and median gross monthly salary measure.
Read the table’s notes before copying a percentage or salary. The employment rate covers graduates in the labour force, while the salary figure covers full-time permanently employed graduates. Fresh and post-NS graduates are shown separately, so figures from those rows should not be mixed.
Check the survey year, respondent group and metric first, then use the result as a cohort indicator rather than a personal salary promise. Course, occupation, employer, experience and labour-market conditions can all affect an individual outcome.
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Which official source should I use?
| Need | Official source | What it provides |
|---|---|---|
| Latest published ITE cohort outcomes | MOE Education Statistics Digest 2025 | ITE fresh and post-NS employment outcomes through survey year 2024 |
| Salary scope and survey coverage | MOM Graduate Starting Salary: source and coverage | Which institutions and graduating cohorts the series covers |
| Meaning of gross starting salary | MOM concepts and definitions | What the salary measure includes and which employment group it describes |
| Career help after ITE | ITE career guidance and services | Career coaching, education pathways and job-search support |
What should I check before comparing figures?
Employment rate has a denominator
The digest reports employed graduates as a proportion of graduates in the labour force: people who were working, or not working but actively looking and available for work. It is not a percentage of every graduate in the cohort. Graduates outside the labour force, including some pursuing further study without seeking work, affect the interpretation.
Salary covers a narrower group
The median gross monthly salary measure applies to full-time permanently employed graduates. MOM’s definition includes basic salary and regular cash components such as fixed allowances, overtime pay and commissions, before specified deductions, but excludes items such as bonuses and employer CPF contributions. It is not the average pay of all graduates and should not be read as a guaranteed offer.
Fresh and post-NS results are not interchangeable
The survey presents fresh graduates and post-NS graduates separately because their timing and experience differ. The digest also warns that some ITE survey definitions changed from 2021 to align with the graduate surveys used for polytechnics and autonomous universities. That means a simple before-and-after chart can mislead unless the notes are carried with it.
How can students use the results well?
- Record the survey year, group and exact measure beside every figure.
- Compare employment type and salary definitions, not just headline numbers.
- Pair the survey with current job descriptions and official labour-market information.
- Use ITE’s career guidance for course-specific or personal planning.
For the next study-and-work routes, use eduKate’s ITE, polytechnic and university progression guide. Related source guides cover polytechnic graduate employment results and Singapore university graduate employment results.
Official sources reviewed: 27 October 2026.