[1] In 2004, a majority of Filipinos residing in Singapore were domestic workers, while a minority of them worked in white-collared jobs.
[3] This marks a slight rise from 1995, when roughly 75,000 domestic helpers from the Philippines were estimated to be working in Singapore.
The stereotype resulted in some Filipinos working in other sectors of the economy being mistaken by locals as domestic workers.
[6] However, in recent years they have seen professional diversification, with others working as nurses, bankers, F&B and retail store staff and entertainers.
[6][10] However, the number of Singapore citizens of Filipino origin is difficult to determine, since they are officially counted as members of the "Others" racial category by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.