Written Answer by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on Employment Statistics on Occupations

Notice Paper No. 1152 of 2018 for the Sitting on 18 May 2018

Question No. 844 for Written Answer

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2012 to 2017, how many persons have been employed in the respective occupations of (i) accounting associate professional (ii) bookkeeper (iii) ledger and accounts clerk (iv) audit clerk (v) payroll/wages clerk (vi) billing clerk (vii) procurement/purchasing clerk (viii) other accounting clerks.

Answer

The table below shows the number of residents who have been employed as (i) Accounting Associate Professionals and (ii) Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks, which comprise the following occupations:

1. Bookkeeper;
2. Ledger and accounts clerk;
3. Audit clerk;
4. Payroll/wages clerk;
5. Billing clerk;
6. Procurement/purchasing clerk; and
7. Other accounting clerks

A further breakdown by these occupations is not available, as we have not captured a sufficient number of observations in our sample to enable us to provide a meaningful estimate of their employment size.

Numbers in Thousands