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Average Salary (USD$ pa): Region by RICS What is your current Annual Base Salary in USD?


Those working in the Asian Real Estate market with a RICS qualification earn 66% more than those who are “not professionally qualified” (US$101.8K versus US$61.2K). While on a regional basis those working in Singapore with a RICS qualification on average earn the most (US$127.6K) followed by those working in Hong Kong (US$103.1K).


$0 RICS All Singapore Hong Kong PRC Malaysia $39.250 $50.200 $80.224 $61.700 $103.056 $106.300


2008 2009 2010


$18.571 $37.143 $55.714 $74.286 $92.857


$111.429 $130.000 $101.833


$90.100 $127.538 $123.400


Average Salary US$ pa All participants


Fund Management Asset Management


General Practice / Consultancy Corporate Real Estate


Leasing / Commercial Agency Comm’l / Resid’l Development Architecture/Design Project Management Facilities Management Quantity Surveying Valuation


Building Surveying Academic


2008


$65,267 NA


$91,702 $59,836 $106,388 $84,962 $64,618 NA


$70,835 $55,911 $59,715 $53,791 $49,287 $40,628


2009


$78,089 $148,755 $129,332 $82,219 $131,427 $74,187 $85,009 $82,750 $95,579 $66,664 $42,376 $37,882 $45,734 $48,750


Base: All giving an answer: 2008 = 1,015; 2009 = 1,536, 2010 = 949 (base base


Those working in Fund Management earn the highest average salaries in the Asian Region securing US$135.8K per year (though down by 8.7% versus previous year), with Asset Management (US$123.6K, down 4.5%), General Practice (US$120.4K, up 46.5%) and Corporate Real Estate (US$113.6K, down 13.5%) following closely behind.


2010


$95,554 $135,797 $123,566 $120,434 $113,645 $100,943 $97,821 $95,374 $90,930 $85,150 $69,255 $53,281 $43,949 NA


+/- Yr/Yr 22.4% -8.7% -4.5% 46.5% -13.5% 36.1% 15.1% 15.3% -4.9% 27.7% 63.4% 40.6% -3.9% NA


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The RICS & Macdonald & Company Asia Rewards & Attitudes Survey 2010


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