Market rate for maid (renewal)

[smurfymum]

Maids are getting more and more expansive! Govt should reduce their levy or remove it totally

[matrix0405]

As more and more maids know of the new dayoff and salary, many now chut pattern to get out of their existing agreement. Once the new scheme kicks in, don be surprise that more of those on the old scheme will request to go back. More headache ahead.

[POA Teacher]

smurfymum:

Maids are getting more and more expansive! Govt should reduce their levy or remove it totally

The official reason for the levy is to discourage people from employing maids.
If that is the true reason, why do employers whose maids are looking after invalids, or feeble old folks have to pay the levy too? The gahmant wants to discourage these families from getting a maid to look after these folks? Gahment wants these families to quit their jobs and stay home to look after them? Or dump them in old folks' homes?

[Lynn2010]

limcarmel:

just renew my maid's contract. when she first came 2 yrs ago her salary was 340+20 (w/o off day).


during the renewal, she requested for $400 per mth with monthly off day.

for the weekly off day, if i'm not wrong only maids who are coming next yr or who is having their contract renew next yr then will hv. those existing already working in SG will not be affected.

wow.... you are lucky your maid accept $400. Indon or Phil or?

[limcarmel]

Lynn2010:

wow.... you are lucky your maid accept $400. Indon or Phil or?

she's a phil.

[Dawnie]

I just renewed my maid (Phil) last Nov, her current salary is $450 with 1 off day. This is her 3rd contract with me.


My neighbour just renewed her maid, also 3rd contract, her maid salary is $500 with every Sunday off.

[alwayslucky]

PhoBIA:

They ask for higher salary, more off days...

But they usually become more slack, standard of work dropped.
I'm also waiting for the day I can do without a maid.

I believe increase in salary must always be justified by higher productivity and effciency due to more experience.

All of us should have a common understanding and agreement that if they do not perform to standard then they do not qualify for the salary increase

[POA Teacher]

Btw, just did a calculation.

In 1997, new Indon FDW pay ~ $230 = ~ 416,300 Rp
Now the pay is $450 = ~ 3,411,450 Rp
:rahrah:

[nms1]

My (Filipina) maid is about to renew - currently on $400 per month with 2 Sundays off. I’m going to try for $450 with every Sunday and see if she will accept. She’s been in Singapore for about 6 years.


I’m paying for her to go back for a holiday at Christmas despite already having paid for her to go back twice last year so I hope that will mean she will accept my offer.

[Xiaodingdang.019763Work]

My helper’s first contract (she was a "new maid"): $350 a month + 13month bonus + $150 start of contract allowance + $150 end of contract allowance + 4 days-off a month. That’s basic package not including angpaos and course incentives etc. She kept saying her salary is low.


At the end of two years, had the usual home leave for 15 days, but hint hint hint… this helper has one month’s home leave, hint hint hint… that helper has 6 weeks home leave.

After two years, we renewed: $400 a month + 13month bonus + $100 start of contract allowance + $100 end of contract allowance + 4 days-off a month. She says her salary is low. Recently, she kept repeating how a neighbour is paying their new helper $500 a month, so I will also pay her extra $100 a month for as long as I am still employed.

Apparently this is still "low" because its not enough to go round her family members back home and she’s been asking advance salary the past few months.

Next year, no more helpers for us. Its a high recurring cost, financially and mentally.