Administration Professionals

How to become an industrial relations officer

Official title: Industrial relations officer

Also called: Labour conciliator, Labour management relations conciliator, Labour relations specialist, Labour conciliator, Labour management relations conciliator

Industrial relations officer works with union leaders and members and company’s human resource team and management to maintain and improve the welfare of workers. He/she resolves workplace disputes and assists in negotiating collective agreements with unions and management for the workers. He/she also plans and organises membership and social activities. He/she represents workers who do not have the ability to defend their rights as employees.

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $63,504 a year. The middle half earn $48,936 to $78,336 a year.
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become an industrial relations officer?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

How much does an industrial relations officer earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $63,504 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $48,936 to $78,336.

Will AI change the work of an industrial relations officer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, 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