Cost of turnover · SG 2026
Singapore · MOM data 2026

What does one leaver cost you?

1 in 3F&B staff leave each year
1 in 4Retail staff leave each year
1 in 6jobs stay empty 6+ months
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Your business

Four quick questions

people
S$/ month
26%
Rough guide only. MOM lumps education with the public sector. If you know your number, drag the bar.
Under 25 staff? MOM's survey covers bigger firms. Use this as a guide, or drag the bar to your own number.

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How do you usually hire?

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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 frontline jobs stays empty for 6 months or more.

6 weeksuntil someone new starts
hrs / wk
S$/ hr
Overtime is 1.5×. Only the extra 0.5× is new money, since you are not paying the leaver.
The wage you save while the seat is empty shows as its own line.
You save the wage. The cost lands on service instead. Put your estimate below.
S$/ week

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The new hire

weeks
%
S$/ month
hrs / wk
hrs
S$
hrs
S$
Your business

Staff turnover is costing you about

S$0

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S$0each time one staff leaves
0leavers a year
S$0saved if 10% fewer leave
Based on MOM data

What if fewer people left?

Drag it down. This is what keeping people is worth.

Turnover26%
Cost a yearS$0
You keepS$0

Want the 5 moves that bring this down?

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Where the money goes

See the full breakdown

The Government pays 30% of a raise

Pay is the top reason people quit. Under PWCS, a S$100 raise costs you S$70 in 2026, for staff earning up to S$3,000. Cheap, next to your cost per leaver.

Where these numbers come from

    Turnover is MOM's monthly resignation rate × 12. Pay defaults are PWM floors or MOM medians, 2026. Anything marked estimate has no Singapore benchmark, so use your own.

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