Graduate Employment Survey

842 graduates from NAFA were surveyed from 1 November 2025 to 27 March 2026, and the overall response rate was 74% (621 respondents).

NAFA: 2025 GES Employment Rates and Median Gross Monthly Salary of Diploma and Degree graduates

NAFA Proportion of Respondents in the Labour Force who had / were:		Secured Employment	Currently Employed	Full-Time Permanent (FTP) Employment	Working Freelance	Accepted a Job Offer and Starting Later	Taking Active Steps to Start a Business Venture	Median Gross Monthly Salary
Bachelor’s Degree	Visual and Applied Arts	74.1%	72.3%	46.4%	12.5%	1.8%	-	$3,300
Bachelor’s Degree	Performing Arts	87.8%	80.5%	24.4%	34.1%	7.3%	-	$3,175^{^}
Diploma	Visual and Applied Arts	80.8%	76.2%	29.5%	12.4%	4.1%	0.5%	$2,500
Diploma	Performing Arts	91.8%	89.8%	30.6%	32.7%	2.0%	-	$3,000^{^}

Base: All respondents N=621 (Secured Employment N=320, Not Secured Employment N=75, Not Economically Active N=226)
Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NAFA and LASALLE

^{^} Based on survey response from fewer than 30 FTP employed graduates

GES 2023 – 2025 TOPLINE EMPLOYMENT RESULTS

NAFA Proportion of Respondents in the Labour Force who had / were:	Bachelor’s Degree			Diploma
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025
Secured Employment	84.8%	80.6%	77.8%	85.8%	78.1%	83.1%
Currently Employed	78.3%	74.4%	74.5%	78.5%	72.8%	78.9%
Full-Time Permanent (FTP) Employment	40.2%	37.2%	40.5%	27.9%	32.0%	29.8%

Notes:

Starting this year, to provide a fuller picture of graduates' employment status, graduates who secured employment (i.e., they were employed, accepted a job offer and were starting later, or were taking active steps to start a business venture) are reported as one category.

Currently Employed, which corresponds to the Overall Employment Rate previously, refers to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e., those who were working or not working but actively looking and available for work) as of 1st Nov 2025 (i.e., approximately six months after completing their final examinations). It includes all types of full-time, part-time, temporary and freelance employment.

Full-Time Permanent Employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more.

Gross Monthly Salary pertains only to graduates in full-time permanent employment. It comprises the basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee's central provident fund (CPF) contributions and personal income tax. Employer's CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.

Click here to view the list of NAFA diploma and degree programmes surveyed.

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY (GES) 2025