DMW Job Orders for Singapore 2026: 48,807 Slots Listed

A job order starts as a foreign employer's request for workers. When DMW approves it for a licensed recruitment agency, that agency may recruit for that employer, country and position. Only an agency with a valid license may recruit you, and only for an approved job order.

For each order, the DMW list shows a balance. In this post we call it "slots". It is the number of workers still listed for that order. It is not a count of jobs still open, and it is not a promise of work. A balance can already be filled when you read it. The list also does not show pay, contract terms or working conditions.

These are the 12 destinations with the most slots on the list as read on October 23, 2026.

Slots on DMW approved job orders by destination, 2026, source: https://dmw.gov.ph/inquiry/approved-job-orders

Singapore orders are large. The 1,801 orders list 48,807 slots, an average of about 27 slots per order. The orders carry 522 different position titles.

We sorted the Singapore orders into groups by keywords in the position title. Nurse, nursing aide and healthcare assistant titles, for example, are in health and care. The groups are a rough guide, not a DMW category.

DMW approved job orders for Singapore by job group, 2026, source: https://dmw.gov.ph/inquiry/approved-job-orders

The 15 position titles with the most slots are:

Position titles with the most slots on DMW job orders for Singapore, 2026, source: https://dmw.gov.ph/inquiry/approved-job-orders

Three things stand out:

• Nursing titles lead. "Nurse registered" and "nurse enrolled" alone have 10,233 slots. Nursing aide and healthcare assistant titles add thousands more. Our post on DMW job orders for nurses looks at nurse titles in every country.
• The same job has many names. Household work appears as "worker domestic", "worker household service", "domestic helper", "domestic worker" and "household worker". Read the exact title on each order.
• Caregiver is a small group here. Titles with the word caregiver have only 14 orders and 362 slots for Singapore, from 8 agencies.

Aviation is a small group by orders but not by slots. Its 66 orders list 5,524 slots, about 84 per order.

Almost all Singapore orders are in the Regular Accreditation class: 1,629 orders with 48,803 slots. Two orders are Single JO, with 4 slots.

The other 170 orders are in the In-House class, and every one of them shows a balance of 0. The class name is all the list says about them. It does not explain why the balance is 0, so we do not guess. If one of these orders matters to you, ask the agency and confirm with DMW.

By year of approval, the Singapore orders are:

• 2022: 1 order, 0 slots
• 2023: 83 orders, 2,040 slots
• 2024: 620 orders, 16,704 slots
• 2025: 680 orders, 18,904 slots
• 2026 up to October 23: 417 orders, 11,159 slots

Do not read this as growth or decline. The public list holds mostly recent orders, so older years look smaller. And 2026 is not over.

How we counted. We read the public DMW approved job orders list on October 22 and 23, 2026, one search per agency name. A row counts for Singapore when its jobsite is Singapore. Groups come from keywords in the position title. We name no agency and no employer in this post.

Use the list as a check, not as a job board. These numbers do not rank agencies or countries, and a high count says nothing about pay or how employers treat workers. Before you pay anything or sign any paper:

1. Search the agency on the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies. Read the license status and expiry date.
2. Search the same agency on the DMW approved job orders page. Check that the jobsite is Singapore and that the position title matches your offer.
3. If the agency has no approved order for Singapore and that position, ask it to explain. Report it to DMW if the answer is not clear.

Our guide on how to check an agency explains both searches step by step. You can also see every agency with Singapore orders on our page of DMW agencies with job orders for Singapore, or search any agency on our DMW agency search. Our pages copy the public DMW lists, so confirm on the DMW website before you act.

Once you work in Singapore, the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) handles labor services for Filipino workers there. See the DMW page of MWO Singapore. Our Singapore country page covers the Embassy, the MWO and OWWA, and our OEC guide for Singapore explains the OEC and its exemption for workers on home leave.