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Average cost of hiring an expat in Singapore fell last year: poll

But the Republic - at US$223,095 - is still among the 20 most expensive locations to hire expatriate staff

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Published Mon, May 28, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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    THE average cost of employing an expatriate in Singapore shrank by more than US$12,000 between 2016 and 2017.

    This brought the value of a typical annual compensation and benefits package for an expatriate middle-manager in Singapore last year to US$223,095, from US$235,545 the year before.

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