The Joint Graduate Employment Survey 2014 conducted by SMU, NUS and NTU on 10,126 out of 13,656 full-time fresh graduates from the three universities found that the overall employment rate among economically active graduates was 89.1 per cent. Out of these graduates, 82.7 per cent were employed in full-time permanent jobs within six months of completing their final examinations. The mean gross monthly salary last year among fresh graduates employed in full-time permanent employment was S$3,333 as compared to S$3,229 in 2013.