Written Answer to PQ on Income of taxi drivers and private hire care drivers
NOTICE PAPER NO. 3323 OF 2024 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 8 JANURARY 2025
QUESTION NO. 6435 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
MP: Assoc Prof Jamus Lim
To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year between 2016 and 2023, what are the (i) 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile and (ii) mean, gross monthly incomes of residents who are full-time self-employed taxi drivers and Private Hire Car drivers.
Answer:
1. The (i) 25th, (ii) 50th, and (iii) 75th percentile, as well as (iv) mean of the gross monthly incomes of residents who are full-time self-employed taxi drivers and private hire car drivers are in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Gross Monthly Income from Employment of Full-Time Resident Own Account Workers by Occupation, 2016-2023 (in $)
|
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2016
|
2017
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2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Taxi Drivers
|
P25
|
1,200
|
1,200
|
1,200
|
1,200
|
800
|
800
|
1,200
|
1,300
|
|
Median
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
1,000
|
1,200
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
|
P75
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
1,500
|
1,600
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
Mean
|
1,728
|
1,628
|
1,654
|
1,718
|
1,235
|
1,312
|
1,773
|
1,872
|
|
Private-Hire Car Drivers
|
P25
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
1,650
|
1,800
|
1,000
|
1,200
|
1,800
|
2,000
|
|
Median
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
2,500
|
1,700
|
2,000
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
|
P75
|
2,300
|
2,500
|
3,000
|
3,106
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
3,000
|
3,500
|
|
Mean
|
1,980
|
2,095
|
2,335
|
2,638
|
1,851
|
2,012
|
2,714
|
2,769
|
Source: Comprehensive Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM