ncr family living wage
NCR and regional nominal wages vs family living wage, as of June 2023
July 7, 2023
The NCR and regional nominal wages fall short of the regional family living wage estimates. The BARMM still has the widest gap between the regional minimum wage (Php341) and the regional family living wage (Php1949).
NCR family living wage as of May 2023
June 21, 2023
A minimum wage hike is just, urgent and doable as the current mandated minimum wage is not enough for Filipino workers and their families to meet their basic needs. In the NCR, the Php570 daily minimum wage is less than half or 49.1% of the Php1,160 family living wage for a family of five, as […]
NCR family living wage as of April 2023
May 9, 2023
Despite declining in April, the 6.6% headline inflation continues to eat away the unchanged minimum wage. Short-term solutions like removing consumption taxes and mandating wage hikes are urgently needed.
NCR family living wage as of February 2023
March 10, 2023
The tiny decline of headline inflation to 8.6% in February 2023 is statistically insignificant and the highest inflation in 14 years is still eating away at the unchanged minimum wage. It’s even worse for the poorest 30% of the population who are battling 9.7% inflation which is the same as in January and the highest […]
NCR family living wage as of January 2023
February 7, 2023
Filipinos entered the new year poorly positioned to cope with even higher prices and inflation. The gap between workers’ wages and the estimated family living wage continues to widen.
