How to become an enumerator or Market research interviewer

Official title: Enumerator/Market research interviewer

Also called: Enumerator, Field investigator (statistical), Field survey interviewer, Market research interviewer, Market research surveyor, Public opinion collector, Street surveyor, Survey interviewer (statistical), Telephone surveyor, Ÿ Public opinion collector, Ÿ Telephone surveyor

Enumerator/Market research interviewer conducts field surveys to secure data through the personal contact method to facilitate the study of social, economic, labour, demographic or any other subject requiring reliable information. He/she may keep in close touch with the authority requiring the data to ensure accurate collection and render a report at the end of each survey.

Main tasks

• Contacting individuals by telephone or in person and explaining the purpose of the interview
• Asking questions following the outlines of questionnaires and surveys
• Recording responses on paper or entering responses directly into a computer database through computer-assisted interviewing systems
• Identifying and resolving inconsistencies in responses
• Providing feedback to survey sponsors concerning problems in obtaining valid data

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $32,412 a year. The middle half earn $21,456 to $38,988 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How much does an enumerator or Market research interviewer earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $32,412 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $21,456 to $38,988.

Will AI change the work of an enumerator or Market research interviewer?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, 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