NCR minimum wage

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.

Falling wages, more expensive food (November 2022)

December 7, 2022

As prices continue to increase and the minimum wage worth much less, wage hike and substantial cash aid should be prioritized.

Falling real wages, more expensive food (October 2022)

November 9, 2022

The National Capital Region’s nominal wage is now worth much less and unable to buy the same amount of basic needs such as food as before. Calls for wage increase and cash aid are more than ever justified.

The family living wage (as of October 2022)

November 9, 2022

The urgency for a substantial wage increase, ample cash assistance for the poor and subsidies for vulnerable sectors become all the more glaring as the cost of living rises with soaring inflation.

Falling real wages, more expensive food

October 14, 2022

Despite a recent wage hike, real wages for many Filipinos are declining amid high food prices.

Real wages fall as inflation spikes

June 9, 2022

Higher May inflation pushed the real value of wages to even lower levels and is making basic food and transport services even more unaffordable. Inflation far outpaces the outgoing Duterte administration’s wage hikes and wage earners are worse off now than six years ago.