Islandwide entry-level hiring rises 37% from 2025 as hospitality leads

Half of hospitality employers reported hiring more entry-level staff.

About one in three employers in Singapore said entry-level hiring has increased compared with 2025, with the hospitality sector reporting the strongest gains.

ManpowerGroup's Employment Outlook Survey Q4 2026 also found that 22% of employers reported a decrease, whilst 39% saw no change and 1% were unsure.

Hospitality recorded the largest increase in entry-level hiring compared with 2025, with 50% of employers reporting a rise, followed by trade and logistics at 45%, and construction and real estate and public sector, health and social services, each at 41%.

Tech and IT services and manufacturing each saw a 37% increase in entry-level hiring, whilst professional, scientific and technical services followed at 35%.

Finance and insurance (30%), information (29%), and utilities and natural resources (15%) recorded the lowest increases.

Nearly half of employers said entry-level hiring in utilities and natural resources had decreased, the largest such share amongst all sectors at 45%.

Meanwhile, 55% of employers said the finance and insurance sector has seen no impact on entry-level hiring.

Employers were most unsure about entry-level hiring in the public sector, health and social services (5%), trade and logistics (3%), manufacturing (2%), and professional, scientific and technical services (1%).

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