When you will get your Workfare Income Supplement depends on your employment type.

 

The Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) is usually paid two months after the month of work. You will get WIS for every month that you work. To ensure faster payment, we recommend that you link your NRIC to PayNow with the participating banks to receive your benefits earlier.

 

If you do not have a PayNow-NRIC bank account but have provided your bank account number to the Government previously, you will get your benefits via bank transfer. If you do not have a bank account, the benefits will be credited to you via GovCash. Please see the examples below:

 

If you worked in	You will receive the WIS in your bank account or via GovCash
	PayNow-NRIC / Bank Crediting	GovCash
Jan	End Mar	1st week of April
Feb	End Apr	1st week of May
Mar	End May	1st week of June
Month x	End of month (x+2)	1st week of the following month (x+3)

 

You can log in to our e-services with your Singpass to check your payment details after the payment has been made to your bank account or via GovCash.

If you have concurrently worked as a self-employed person (SEP) in the year, you may get additional WIS if your total income (including net trade income) results in a higher WIS payment. The additional WIS payment will be paid after you declare your income and make the required MediSave contributions in full.

 

You will get WIS once a year for work done in the previous Work Year (WY).*

The earliest you can get it is by end April of the following WY (e.g. by end April 2025 for work done in 2024), if the following are completed by 31 March:

• You have declared your income to IRAS, and CPF Board has received your assessed Net Trade Income (NTI)
• You have made your MediSave contributions in full based on your declared NTI earned in the WY without accounting for previous years’ losses 

If you declare your income and make your full MediSave contributions after 31 March, you will get your WIS within two months after you complete making your MediSave contributions.

*Eligible SEPs get WIS yearly because their NTI for the entire year can only be confirmed in the following year. Employees and platform workers get WIS monthly because their income is automatically reported through monthly CPF contributions.

You will get WIS every month from March 2025 onwards (for work done from January 2025 onwards). The payment will be made two months after the month of work.  Please see the examples below:

 

 

¹ For work done in 2024 and earlier, platform workers receive WIS as SEPs. Please refer to the 'WIS for self-employed persons' for more information.

 

If you have concurrently worked as a self-employed person (SEP) in the year, you may get additional WIS if your total income (including net trade income) results in a higher WIS payment. The additional WIS payment will be paid after you declare your income and make the required MediSave contributions in full.