But overall hiring remains strong
Job postings in Singapore went down by 4.8% in July 2025, their sharpest drop since February 2023.
The latest hiring data from Indeed shows downward trends in job postings, which are now 17.8% lower than a year ago.
Healthcare and tech sectors recorded the biggest drops in job postings since April 2025, with personal care and home health logging a 32.9% decline in job ads.
Other sectors that recorded a decline include:
- Dental (-31%)
- Childcare (-26.7%)
- Scientific research and development (-24.6%)
- IT infrastructure, operations, and support (-22.4%)
- Data and analytics (-19.6%)
On the other hand, sectors that registered an increase in job ads since April 2025 include:
- Hospitality and tourism (29.8%)
- Civil engineering (15.6%)
- Sports (10.7%)
- Installation and maintenance (9.5%)
- Legal (9.0%)
July also saw some sectors surpassing their pre-pandemic job posting numbers. They include:
- Sports (173%)
- Pharmacy (122%)
- Education (117%)
Overall hiring still healthy
Despite the overall downward trend in job postings in July, Indeed noted that hiring activity remains healthy in the country.
The overall number of positions being filled remains 36% higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to the report. Government data also show the unemployment rate remains steady at 2.1%.
"The post-pandemic job boom in Singapore was so large that job postings could fall for three years and job creation would still be strong enough to keep the unemployment rate low," said Callam Pickering, Indeed's APAC senior economist, in a statement.
"Even with July's decline, overall hiring remains strong and healthy above pre-pandemic levels."
Hiring expectations in Singapore have dipped slightly for the third quarter, according to government data, as employers remain cautious amid global economic uncertainty.
Pay transparency in Singapore
Meanwhile, another trend that Indeed looked at is pay transparency, which declined in July 2025.
The report found that only 21% of job postings in Indeed disclosed their pay, below the 30% average from 2023 to 2024.
Occupation groups with the highest disclosure rate for pay include:
- Drivers (64.2%)
- Beauty and wellness (60.6%)
- Cleaning and sanitation (53.3%)
- Sports (53.1%)
- Dental (47.4%)
Occupation groups that have the lowest disclosure rate for pay include:
- Banking and finance (10.5%)
- IT systems and solutions (10.2%)
- Social science (10.0%)
- Software development (10.0%)
- Industrial engineering (8.5%)
Pickering advised employers who want to attract the best talent that pay transparency can make a difference.
"Pay information can often be critical to attracting candidates, and those employers who feature that information may enjoy a competitive advantage in what continues to be a tight labour market," he said.
