Increase in Local Qualifying Salary from 1 July 2020
Local Qualifying Salary (LQS) will be increased from $1,300 to $1,400 from 1 July 2020
As announced at Budget 2020, the Local Qualifying Salary (LQS) will be increased from $1,300 to $1,400 from 1 July 2020 . The half-LQS threshold will correspondingly be adjusted from $650 to $700.
LQS determines the number of local employees who can be used to compute the Work Permit and S Pass quota entitlement.
For more information, please refer to www.mom.gov.sg/about-us/cos2020