TABLE 19 - Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers by Major Occupation Group,

Philippines: 2014 - January 2016

(In Pesos)

2014 2015 2016

MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP
Ave Jan Apr Jul Oct Ave Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan

ALL OCCUPATIONS 367.35 363.50 365.89 365.69 370.46 378.71 378.70 380.23 373.61 378.60 383.47
Officials of Government and Special-Interest
Organizations, Corporate Executives, Managers,
Managing Proprietors and Supervisors 857.60 861.32 866.48 867.69 837.76 866.02 893.36 848.56 886.82 831.29 919.51
Professionals 791.74 773.71 785.23 796.90 792.81 808.45 812.01 812.42 813.62 794.33 838.01
Technicians and Associate Professionals 515.80 497.87 519.53 511.21 516.68 519.87 516.22 509.93 526.61 523.10 530.66
Clerks 456.93 453.79 458.60 456.49 455.73 474.07 473.52 466.68 480.60 471.10 491.07
Service Workers and Shop and Market
Sales Workers 296.66 292.33 294.79 295.39 299.73 303.92 301.84 306.42 298.89 305.50 311.31
Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen 289.61 274.35 246.99 315.09 366.16 308.60 290.28 314.50 274.72 354.89 252.19
Trades and Related Workers 325.27 321.27 318.23 329.79 327.93 337.76 332.95 335.99 337.72 342.51 346.98
Plant and Machine Operators & Assemblers 360.01 353.98 357.23 357.76 364.73 370.05 365.20 366.80 373.46 373.08 382.67
Laborers and Unskilled Workers 208.47 201.00 205.10 204.87 215.46 218.12 212.74 217.30 216.70 224.38 224.49
Special Occupations 843.76 783.17 788.26 865.71 885.33 826.77 890.02 801.36 776.19 840.12 870.81

Notes: 1. Excludes those paid on commission basis, honorarium and boundary as in the case of jeepney/bus/tricycle drivers.
2. Estimates for January 2014 excludes Region VIII.
3. The province of Leyte was not covered in April, July and October 2014; January and April 2015 LFS. Data for July 2015 and onwards already include the province of Leyte.
4. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude data of Leyte province only
while that of January exclude Region VIII.
5. Annualized data for 2015 refer to the average of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte. These should not be compared with the 2014 annualized data as the latter exclude the January round. The use of the four survey rounds for
2015 annualized data was based on the results of a referendum conducted among members of the IAC on Labor and Productivity Statistics.
Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files.
Definition:
Basic Pay - pay for normal time prior to deduction of social security contributions, withholding taxes, etc. It excludes allowances, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, benefits in kind, etc.

TABLE 19a - Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers by
Major Occupation Group, Philippines: April - October 2016
(In Pesos)

Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

2. Starting April 2016, the LFS used the 2012 Philippine Standards Occupational Classification wherein
some occupations were transferred to other major classificaton groups.
3. Starting April 2016 round, the Labor Force Survey (LFS) adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections
based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH
population projections.
Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files.

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