2024 year-end bonus for civil servants takes into account better-than-expected performance of S’pore economy
Civil servants in Singapore can expect to enjoy a 1.3-month year-end bonus as the year-end holiday season approaches.
Junior-grade officers will get an additional S$600. The Public Service Division (PSD) announced this in a press release on Monday (24 Nov).
All civil servants eligible for year-end bonus
PSD said all civil servants will be eligible for the year-end Annual Variable Component (AVC) of 1.3 months.
Some of them will also receive an additional one-time payment. Specifically, those in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16, and those in the Operations Support Scheme (OSS), will get S$600 more.
This aligns with the National Wages Council (NWC) recommendations to raise wages for lower-wage workers.
The Government will also continue to pay the Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance of one month — also known as the “13th-month bonus” — to all civil servants.
GDP growth of around 4.0% forecast
PSD said it determined the quantum of the year-end AVC after considering Singapore’s expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this year.
PSD noted that the Ministry of Trade and Industry has upgraded its forecast and now expects the Republic’s GDP to grow by “around 4.0%”, adding:
The assessment takes into consideration the better-than-expected performance of the Singapore economy in the first three quarters of the year, as well as the latest global and domestic economic situations.
According to the Ministry of Manpower, labour market conditions were “stronger than anticipated”, with total employment rising faster than in the previous quarter.
Unemployment rates and retrenchments also “remained low and stable”.
It also took into account NWC guidelines for 2025/2026 and made the decision in close consultation with public-sector unions, it added.
Civil servants getting 1.7 months’ bonus for 2025
In June, PSD announced a 0.4-month mid-year bonus for civil servants, with junior officers getting up to S$400 more.
That means civil servants will receive a total of 1.7 months’ bonus for the whole year.
Junior officers would accordingly get up to S$1,000 in one-off payments for 2025.
This year’s bonus is more than the amount disbursed last year. Civil servants received a 1.5 months’ bonus for the whole of 2024.
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S’pore civil servants to get 1.05-month year-end bonus, junior officers receive S$600 more
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