Average Annual Compensation per Employee for Top Six Workers Compensation in Shipping and Logistics by

Industries for all Transportation and Storage Establishments, Position, Philippines: 2014
Philippines: 2015 (in PhP)
Annual Other
Mo. Basic Life Health
314,956 Transportation and Storage Salary
Salary
Insurance Insurance Car Plan Fringe
Position Increase Benefits
1,044,393 Int’l Air Passenger Transport (Php) (%) (Php) (Php) (Php) (Php)
Executive 200,000 5 4,800,000 300,000 2,500,000 4,300
753,038 Managerial 60,000 15 1,920,000 250,000 820,000 72,835
Inter-urban, suburban railway transport
Supervisory 25,000 14 528,000 110,000 700,000 11,745
599,912 Rank & File 12,546 14 301,106 110,000 - 4,900
Customs bonded warehouses Source: ECOP
580,280 Service activities incidental to air transportation ECOP’s 2015 Corporate Compensation Survey showed that average
monthly basic salaries in Shipping and Logistics ranged from P12,546 for
Service activities incidental to water transportation rank-and-file workers to P200,000 for executive level positions. Annual

PAY STANDARDS
560,800
salary increases ranged from 5% (executive) to 15% (managerial.;
Executives had the highest life and health insurances at P4.8 million and
517,049 Non-scheduled air passenger transport P300,000, respectively, but had the lowest fringe benefits at P4,300.
Source: ASPBI 2015

Based on the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry of

the PSA, the average annual compensation in Transportation and
Managers had the highest fringe benefits at P72,835.

Workers Compensation in Shipping and Logistics by

& PRACTICES
Storage establishments is P314,956 per employee. Workers in Selected Occupation, Philippines: 2014
international air passenger transport reported the highest
Mo. Basic Annual
Other
average annual compensation amounting to P1,044,393. Salary Life Insu- Health Fringe
Position Salary Increase rance Insurance Benefits
(Php) (%) (Php) (Php) (Php)
Annual Total Labor Cost: 224,279 Freight Managers 65,000 35 1,350,000 250,000 71,763
Logistics/Distribution
65,000 35 1,350,000 250,000 71,763
Pay for Regular Working Time (P158,093) Managers
Direct Wages

Crewing Heads 30,158 4 350,000 100,000 87,182

OT, Night Shift, Premium Pay (P12,662) Shipping Supervisors 18,350 -- 300,000 90,000 --
(P183,298) Warehouse Supervisors 20,000 11 480,000 250,000 --

81.73% Commissions (P4,827) Broker Officers

Fabricators
29,200
18,000
--
15
350,000
301,106
100,000
110,000
--
-- Transportation and
Bonuses & PIS (P4,552) Foremen/Leadmen 18,500 3 301,106 110,000 --
COLA & Other Allowances (P3,164)
Heavy Equipment Optrs 45,000 13 348,000 110,000 -- Storage
Maintenance Technicians 16,000 14 226,304 110,000
Riggers 16,500 3 384,000 110,000 --
0.3% Cost of Training (P677) Social Security (P16,079) 7.17%
Crane Operators 30,000 20 384,000 110,000 --
Dispatcher/ Forwarders 12,546 13 288,000 110,000 -- This industry includes the provision of passenger or
0.15% Payments in Kind (P336) Housing (P2,424) 1.08% Forklift Operators 16,000 7 301,106 110,000 -- freight transport by rail, pipeline, road, water or air; and
Freight Coordinators 15,000 7 301,106 110,000 -- activities such as terminal and parking facilities, cargo
0.09% Welfare Services (P203) Other Labor Cost (P713) 0.32% Materials Controllers 25,000 25 301,106 110,000 -- handling, storage, etc. It also includes the renting of
Stock/Inventory Clerks 12,546 13 301,106 110,000 -- transport equipment and postal and courier activities.
1.53% Remuneration for Time not Worked (P3,427) Warehousemen 12,546 13 250,000 80,000 4,900
Source: ECOP
Year-end, Seasonal, One-time Bonuses
By occupation, monthly salary ranged from P12,546 for
(P16,298)
Bonuses &
Gratuities

warehousemen, stock clerks, and dispatchers to P65,000 for freight

Additional Payments
(vacation, supplementary to normal
vacation pay) (P467)
Profit –sharing Bonuses (P356)
7.63% and logistics managers. Annual salary increase ranged from 3% for
foremen and riggers to 35% freight and logistics managers. The latter
(P17,121) also had the highest life and health insurances, while crewing heads
received the highest fringe benefits amounting P87,182.
Warehousemen had the lowest at P4,900.

Source: Labor Cost Survey

For more information: National Wages and Productivity Commission
Annual labor cost in Transportation and Storage was
P224,279 per worker. Of which, 81.73% or P183,298 were www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph www.facebook.com/dole.nwpc Department of Labor and Employment
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and 7.17% or P16,079 were social security payments.
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Wage and Wage-Related Benefits under Compensation and Benefits
the Labor Code of the Philippines Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers Median Monthly Basic Pay and Allowances in Transportation
in Transportation and Storage, Philippines: and Storage, Philippines: July 2016
2014-2017 (in PhP)
Lowest wage that an employer 469
Minimum should pay his workers, as fixed by
500
456
432 439 432
Wage the RTWPBs 450 422 418 All
391 397 401
400 367 379 Industries
350
Holiday 100% of the daily rate if unworked P1,130
300
Pay 200% of the daily rate if worked ALLOWANCES
250
P12,665 P12,013
200
BASIC PAY BASIC PAY
13th Not less than one-twelfth (1/12) of the 150
Month Pay total basic pay earned in a calendar
100
year
50
P1,005
ALLOWANCES Transportation &
Workers are entitled to a 5-day 0 Storage
5-Day SIL
service incentive leave after one-year 2014 2015 2016 2017
of service, and every year thereafter All Industries Services Transport and Storage
Source: Labor Force Survey Source: Occupational Wage
Survey
Equivalent to ½ or 1 month pay for Data from the household-based Labor Force Survey showed that Average monthly basic pay as of July 2016 stood at P12,013 while
Separation monthly allowance at P1,130 based on establishment data gathered
every year of service depending on the average daily basic pay of workers increased from P367 in 2014 to
Pay authorized cause of the separation P418 in 2017 or by 14%. Similarly, workers’ average pay in the from the Occupational Wages Survey (OWS). In the Transportation
Transportation and Storage industry also grew by 10%, from P391 and Storage industry, monthly basic pay averaged P12,665, and
to P432 during the same period. monthly allowance at P1,005.
Overtime 25% of the effective hourly basic rate
Pay Average Monthly Wage Rates of Time-rate Workers in Transportation and Storage, Philippines: July 2016 (in PhP)
Land Transport and Water Transport
Transport via Pipelines
Air Transport
Premium Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks 13,364 Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks 14,215 Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks 14,092
30% of the daily basic rate Freight Handlers 12,248
Pay Dispatchers 12,716 Air Transport Supervisors 29,615
Freight Handlers 11,851 Aircraft Engine Mechanics and Fitters 36,840 Marine Crafts Mechanics 13,683
Heavy Truck and Lorry Drivers 12,477 Aircraft Pilots, Navigators and Flight Maritime Transport Service
116,714 21,352
Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Engineers Supervisors
Night Shift 10% of the effective hourly basic 11,814 Ships Deck Crews and Related Workers 14,067
Related Trade Workers Freight Handlers 18,339
Differential Pay rate for work performed between Road Transport Service Supervisors 17,198 Ticket Clerks 17,441 Ships Deck Officers and Pilots 26,852
10 p.m. and 6 am. Unskilled Workers except Janitors, Transport Clerks 19,212 Ships Engineers 40,784
8,211
Messengers and Freight Handlers Travel Attendants and Travel Stewards 15,110 Ticket Clerks 10,309
Unskilled Workers except Janitors, Transport Clerks 16,673
15% to be retained by management Transport via Buses 12,807 Travel Attendants and Travel Stewards 12,161
Messengers and Freight Handlers
Service for losses and breakages; 85% to be Unskilled Workers except Janitors,
Charges shared equally by rank-and-file Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks 17,821 7,437
Among workers in Transportation and Messengers and Freight Handlers
workers Bus Conductors 11,333 Storage covered by the OWS, aircraft
Bus Drivers 11,686 pilots and flight engineers had the Warehousing and Support
Bus Inspectors 13,220 highest monthly pay averaging Activities for Transportation
Retirement Daily rate x 22.5 days x number of Dispatchers 13,444 P116,714, followed by ship engineers at
years of service Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks 18,077
Pay Motor Vehicle Mechanics and 40,784.
Clearing and Forwarding Agents 15,571
Related Trade Workers 12,717
Least pay were estimated for unskilled Freight Handlers 11,213
Road Transport Service Supervisors 12,746
workers ranging from P3,925 to Heavy Truck and Lorry Drivers 14,234
Ticket Clerks 12,615
P12,807; ticket clerks at P10,309, and; Unskilled Workers except Janitors,
Unskilled Workers except Janitors, 12,163
freight handlers at P11,213. Messengers and Freight Handlers
Messengers and Freight Handlers 9,005
Source: Occupational Wage Survey