How to become an employment agent or Labour contractor
Official title: Employment agent/Labour contractor
Also called: Employment agent, Employment contractor, Job placement officer, Labour contractor, Employment contractor, Job placement officer
Employment agent/Labour contractor matches jobseekers with vacancies, finds workers for employers and contracts labour for particular projects at the request of enterprises and other organisations including government, institutions, or finds places for jobseekers for a commission.
Main tasks
- Matching jobseekers with vacancies
- Finding workers for vacant posts against a commission from the employer or worker
- Discussing with enterprises/organisations the needed skills and other characteristics of the workers to be employed or contracted
- Finding workers with appropriate skills and undertaking the necessary formalities according to national or international regulations and requirements
- Ensuring that the employment contracts meet legal requirements and signing them
- Advising on training schemes
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $54,264 a year. The middle half earn $37,008 to $88,020 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does an employment agent or Labour contractor earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $54,264 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $37,008 to $88,020.
Will AI change the work of an employment agent or Labour contractor?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026