Staff turnover · SG 2026
MOM's latest report · 21 Sep 2026 ↗

What did last month's leavers cost you?

1.5%of retail staff resign every month
1.6%of F&B staff resign every month
1 in 6open roles stay open 6+ months

Three quick questions

people
people
Rough guide only. MOM lumps education with the public sector. Type your own number.
Under 25 staff? MOM's survey covers bigger firms. Type your own number.

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Who leaves, and how you replace them

S$/ month
MyCareersFuture is free for employers.
S$per hire
10%
S$
S$
Levy, security bond and insurance are not counted. They follow the seat, not the leaver.

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How long is the seat empty?

MOM: 1 in 6 open roles take 6+ months to fill.

6 weeksuntil someone new starts
hrs / wk
S$/ hr
Overtime is 1.5×. Only the extra 0.5× is added cost, since you are not paying the leaver.
Part-timers cost extra, but you are not paying the leaver. The two nearly cancel out.
You save the wage. The cost lands on service instead. Put your estimate below.
S$/ week

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The new hire, and who looks after them

weeks
%
S$/ mth
people
hrs / wk
hrs
S$
hrs
S$
Your business

Last month's leavers cost you about

S$0

Where the money goes

How KNOW helps

Our estimates. Drag to yours.

LearnNew crew reach full speed sooner

Your SOPs become short courses on the phone, practised before the first shift.

2 weeks
OpsChecks that check themselves

Checklists and photo checks on the phone. Supervisors see the exceptions, not everything.

3 hours
You keep, a yearS$0
70.7% of SG firms using AI report higher productivity. MOM, 2026
52% average cost saving, SMEs on AI under PSG. IMDA, 2025
20% of repetitive hours saved by one F&B group. MTI, Jul 2026

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Where these numbers come from

    Leaving rates: MOM, 2Q 2026, frontline occupations. Pay defaults: PWM floors or MOM medians, 2026. The KNOW savings use your two sliders and your pay figures. Nothing here is a KNOW claim about results.

    Built by KNOW, the app frontline teams run their outlets on. Data to September 2026.