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The Singapore civil servant mid-year bonus 2025 will be 0.4 months, with junior-grade officers receiving an additional one-time payment of up to $400, said the Public Service Division (PSD).
According to a statement on 16 June by the PSD, the mid-year bonus takes into account Singapore's economic performance in the first quarter of 2025, and the 'subdued economic outlook' for this year.
"Given the forecast of weaker gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the downside economic risks, the public sector unions and the Government will jointly monitor the economic performance for the rest of the year, and will calibrate the year-end payments accordingly," they wrote.
On top of the bonus, civil servants in grades equivalent to MX13(I) and MX14 will receive a one-time payment of $250. For those in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16, as well as those in the Operations Support Scheme, they will receive a higher one-time payment of $400.
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Both PSD and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) said separately that the payments were decided in consultation with the civil service unions.
Singapore's economy grew by 3.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2025, said the PSD. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Trade and Industry maintained the GDP growth forecast of 0 per cent to 2 per cent for 2025.
PSD said, "Given the forecast of weaker gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the downside economic risks, the public sector unions and the Government will jointly monitor the economic performance for the rest of the year, and will calibrate the year-end payments accordingly."
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