Even in Big4, not everyone is offering $3k, though rumours have been circulating around that for this year new batch they are offering close to that amount. Definitely way less if you include mid-tier in the discussion.

For the person asking about the market rate, pardon me for my confusion as I'm not too sure whether he meant that he has been working in a senior associate position for 1.5 years now, or he has been working in the big4 for 1.5 years starting as fresh and is now currently a senior associate? There is quite a huge difference between that, in terms of the position he could get and obviously the salary.

If you include the employer portion for CPF, then yes at current market rate you will get 3k after adding in that portion, which comes up to about 15.5% atm.

Actually you will be surprised, KP pays the highest among the big4 here. At first year associate level with current market rate prior to any rumoured revision, KP pays about $200 more than the other big4, difference is even higher at senior associate level. Mid-tier pays around $2.3-2.4k, but minus the employer CPF and you will usually get bonded.

The current range for a first year senior associate in Big4 is about $3.8 to $4.2ish, depending on the firm. However, given that you only have 18 months of experience, depending on the time you join the firm in SG, chances are you will quite likely be demoted back to second year associate, or even if you're lucky to retain your first year senior associate position it is likely that you will be held back from the next promotion.

For fresh grads in mid-tier firms (e.g BDO, RSM, Howarth etc), salary range around $2.2k - $2.4k.

Hmm honestly I have no idea how much those small local firms are paying though, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are paying like $2k or less. Why would you only set your target at those small firms? Mid-tier firms shouldn't be too hard to join if you have a proper tertiary education (degree/acca) I reckon.

This post has been edited by jae: May 30 2011, 12:27 AM

What do you want to know about?

Same sh*t in work, different currency, more demanding bosses and tighter deadlines (depends), nicer building perhaps?

Oh forgot to mention, you will prolly see many of your ex-seniors from KL in EY SG as well.

This post has been edited by jae: Jun 8 2011, 11:22 PM

Sorry I don't have their email address off hand, but it should be listed on the recruitment website I reckon.