Written Answer to PQ on Breakdown of EP holders and new EPs issued by years of working experience
NOTICE PAPER NO. 145 OF 2025 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 15 OCTOBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 479 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
MP: Chua Kheng Wee Louis
To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year over the last 10 years, what is the breakdown of (i) Employment Pass (EP) holders and (ii) new EPs issued, categorised by years of working experience in five-year bands.
Answer:
The breakdown of Employment Pass (EP) holders and new EPs1 issued by years of working experience (whether in Singapore or overseas), as declared by their employers in their EP applications, is shown in Tables 1 and 2 respectively.
Table 1: Breakdown of EP holders by declared years of working experience for 2015 to 2024
|
Declared working experience (years)
|
|
Time period
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0 to 5
|
6 to 10
|
11 to 15
|
16 to 20
|
21 to 25
|
More than 25
|
|
2015 to 2019
|
24%
|
26%
|
20%
|
13%
|
7%
|
9%
|
|
2020 to 2024
|
22%
|
21%
|
22%
|
15%
|
9%
|
11%
|
Table 2: Breakdown of new EP issuances by declared years of working experience for 2015 to 2024
|
Declared working experience (years)
|
|
Time period
|
0 to 5
|
6 to 10
|
11 to 15
|
16 to 20
|
21 to 25
|
More than 25
|
|
2015 to 2019
|
35%
|
27%
|
17%
|
9%
|
5%
|
6%
|
|
2020 to 2024
|
34%
|
24%
|
18%
|
11%
|
6%
|
6%
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