NCR minimum wage
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.
Purchasing power of NCR minimum wage still falls
May 18, 2022
Price increases cause insufficient wages to further erode
NCR minimum wage barely half of family living wage
May 18, 2022
NCR minimum wage increased but still falls short of living wage
Inflation makes NCR family living wage rise to Php1,087
May 5, 2022
The NCR minimum wage is falling even further behind the FLW and a meaningful increase is more urgent than ever for genuinely inclusive recovery.
Under Duterte: least and lowest wage hikes in 36 years
May 1, 2022
Substantial wage increase should be among the priorities of the next administration.
Wage hike possible with transparency, gov’t support
April 9, 2022
If employers are transparent about their revenues and net incomes this will likely show that large corporations and even many medium enterprises can hike wages with only a small cut on their profits. Government can meanwhile provide wage subsidies and other forms of support to MSMEs who cannot yet afford this.
