Singapore Employment Pass COMPASS Points Calculator

COMPASS — the Complementarity Assessment Framework — is the second stage of a Singapore Employment Pass application. After a candidate clears the qualifying-salary floor (stage one), the Ministry of Manpower scores the application on a points system. The pass mark is 40 points. This tool mirrors the structure of MOM's official Self-Assessment Tool and reconciles against its published point bands.

Four foundational criteria each award 0, 10 or 20 points:

• C1 Salary— your fixed monthly salary against local PMET salaries in the firm's sector, benchmarked by age: below the 25th percentile → 0, 25th to under 65th → 10, 65th percentile or above → 20.
• C2 Qualifications — none or unassessed → 0, a recognised degree-equivalent → 10, a top-tier institution → 20.
• C3 Diversity— share of the firm's PMETs who share your nationality: 25% or more → 0, 5% to under 25% → 10, under 5% → 20.
• C4 Local workforce support— the firm's local-PMET share versus its industry: bottom third → 0, middle third → 10, top third → 20.

Two bonus criteria can lift the score further: C5 Skills bonusadds +20 when the job is on the current Shortage Occupation List — but MOM halves this to +10 if your nationality already makes up a third or more of the firm's PMETs, so the bonus rewards genuine complementarity. C6 Strategic Economic Priorities adds +10 when the firm partners with the government on eligible innovation or internationalisation activities. The total is C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5 + C6, and the application passes when it reaches 40.

Two salary gates run before scoring. If the fixed monthly salary is S$22,500 or more, the application is exempt from COMPASS and the 40-point test is skipped. If it is below the EP qualifying floor — S$5,600 in the general sector, S$6,200in financial services, both rising with age — the candidate is not EP-eligible on salary yet, so the COMPASS score is moot until the salary is raised. The tool flags both cases. Because MOM revises the salary-percentile benchmarks often, C1 is a self-selected band here rather than an automated lookup; use MOM's Self-Assessment Tool for your exact percentile.

• MOM — Employment Pass eligibility (pass mark, exemption, C1–C6 points)
• MOM — Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) overview
• MOM — COMPASS C1 salary benchmarks
• MOM — COMPASS Shortage Occupation List (C5 skills bonus)
• MOM — Employment & S Pass Self-Assessment Tool (official calculator)

The point bands, 40-point pass mark, S$22,500 exemption and qualifying-salary floors on this page were last cross-checked against the MOM sources on 2026-07-16. MOM revises the qualifying-salary floors, the C1 percentile benchmarks and the Shortage Occupation List periodically; this page is reviewed whenever MOM publishes an update.