TRACKER: Minimum wages in the Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines – Periodically, the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards under the Department of Labor and Employment release incremental increases in minimum wages in their respective regions’ private sector.

These increases are usually a product of lobbying among labor groups, especially given fluctuating inflation rates and ever-present struggles among poorer Filipinos to afford a comfortable quality of living. (IN CHARTS: State of job quality, wages in the Philippines)

The National Wages and Productivity’s mission, as written on its website, is to set minimum wages that protect vulnerable workers from “undue low pay.”

Here are the current minimum wages across regions – daily for private establishments, and monthly for domestic workers:

Metro Manila

Effective July 16, 2023:

• Non-agriculture: P610
• Agriculture: P573
• Service and retail establishments employing 15 workers or less: P573
• Manufacturing sectors regularly employing less than 10 workers: P573

Effective July 13, 2022:

Cordillera Administrative Region

Effective January 1, 2023:

Effective June 14, 2022:

Ilocos Region

Effective on or before March 1, 2023

• Non-agriculture
  • 30 or more employees: P400
  • 10 to 29 employees: P400
  • 1 to 9 employees: P372
• Agriculture: P372

Effective June 6, 2022:

Cagayan Valley

Effective October 16, 2023:

1. Non-agriculture: P435
2. Agriculture: P415
3. Domestic workers: P5,500

Central Luzon

Effective October 16, 2023:

• Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales
  • Non-agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Service and retail
• Aurora
  • Non-agriculture: P449
  • Agriculture
  • Service and retail: P384

Effective June 20, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Calabarzon

Effective September 24, 2023:

• Extended Metropolitan Area
• Component cities (non-agriculture and agriculture): P479
• 1st class municipalities
• 2nd and 3rd class municipalities
• 4th, 5th, and 6th class municipalities (non-agriculture and agriculture): P385
• Service and retail establishments employing not more than 10 workers (across all areas): P385

Effective July 16, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Mimaropa

Effective June 10, 2022:

• All sectors (except domestic workers)
• Domestic workers: P4,500

Bicol

Effective June 18, 2022:

Western Visayas

Effective June 5, 2022:

• Non-agriculture
• Agriculture: P410
• Domestic workers: P4,500

Central Visayas

Effective October 1, 2023:

• Class A (Carcar, Cebu City, Danao, Lapulapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla, San Fernando)
• Class B (Bais, Bayawan, Bogo, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Guihulngan, Tagbilaran, Tanjay, Toledo)
• Class C (municipalities not under Class A and B)

Effective June 14, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Eastern Visayas

Effective January 2, 2023:

• Non-agriculture: P375
• Service and retail
• Cottage and handicraft: P345
• Agriculture: P345

Effective June 27, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Zamboanga Peninsula

Effective on or before October 1, 2022:

• Non-agriculture: P351
• Agriculture, and service and retail

Effective June 25, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Northern Mindanao

Effective December 16, 2022:

• Non-agriculture
  • Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, El Salvador, Ozamiz, Opol, Maramag, Quezon, Manolo Fortich, and Lugait: P405
  • All other areas, and service and retail establishments with 10 or less workers: P390
• Agriculture
  • Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, El Salvador, Ozamiz, Opol, Maramag, Quezon, Manolo Fortich, and Lugait: P393
  • All other areas, and service and retail establishments with 10 or less workers: P378

Effective June 18, 2022:

• Domestic workers

Davao Region

Effective on or before April 1, 2023:

Effective June 20, 2022:

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Effective October 16, 2023:

• Non-agriculture: P390
• Agriculture, and service and retail: P369
• Domestic workers

Caraga

Effective on or before September 1, 2022:

• Butuan City, and provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur: P350
• Dinagat Islands and Surigao Del Norte: P350
• Domestic workers: P4,000

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Effective July 21, 2022:

• Provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao Del Sur, Sulu, Tawi-tawi, and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan
• Cotabato City and the special geographic area

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