2018 OCCUPATIONAL WAGES SURVEY

AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE RATES

BENCHMARK OCCUPATION
₱18,108 SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES

Accounting and Bookkeeping

17.8% from ₱15,375 in 2016 Clerks

Average Monthly Wage Industries with Highest

TOP 10 Highly-Paid Occupations Rates Across Industries Average Monthly Wage Rates

Electricity, Gas, Steam

₱16,482
and Air Conditioning

1
Supply
Aircraft Pilots and Related
Associate Professionals ₱14,663 1
₱ 128,348
Information and

2
Communications
Mathematicians and Actuaries
₱ 62,237 2
3
Water Supply; Sewerage
Chemical Engineers Waste Management and
Remediation Activities

₱ 58,496 2018 2016 3

4 Systems Analysts
₱ 54,381
Unskilled Workers except Janitors,
Messengers and Freight Handlers
5 Specialist Medical Practitioners
₱ 54,090
Average Monthly Wage Industries with Highest
6 Geologists and Geophysicists Rates Across Industries Average Monthly Wage Rates

₱ 53,318 Electricity, Gas, Steam

and Air Conditioning
Supply

₱11,189 ₱10,164
7 Applications Programmers 1
₱ 51,224 Information and
Communications

8 Telecommunications Engineers 2
₱ 49,770

9
Construction
Information and Communications 2018 2016
Technology Installers and Servicers
₱ 49,067 3
10 Computer Engineers Benchmark Occupation in OWS refers to the occupation that

₱ 47,337
is widespread or common to all establishments and is usually at or near
the bottom of the wage scale i.e., accounting and bookkeeping clerks
and unskilled workers (except janitors, messengers and freight handlers).

MEDIAN MONTHLY BASIC PAY MEDIAN MONTHLY ALLOWANCE

₱13,481 ₱13,719 ₱1,588 ₱1,933

Industries with Highest Industries with Highest

Median Monthly Basic Pay Median Monthly Allowance
ALL INDUSTRIES ALL INDUSTRIES
2018 2016 2018 2016
₱13,559 12.9% ₱12,013 ₱1,716 51.9%
₱1,130
Electricity, Gas, Steam
₱25,261 ₱21,399 Information and
Communications ₱3,219 ₱3,125 and Air Conditioning
Supply

Electricity, Gas, Steam

₱24,627 ₱20,400 and Air Conditioning
Supply
₱2,471 ₱1,670 Financial and Insurance
Activities

Professional, Professional,
₱19,263 ₱19,576 Scientific and
Technical Activities
₱2,373 ₱2,153 Scientific and
Technical Activities

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