The Philippine Statistics Authority’s January 2025 Labor Force Survey (LFS) results released Thursday revealed the top occupations receiving the highest daily basic pay in the country.
Data from the latest LFS showed the following were the five major jobs in terms of daily wages:
Managers received the highest average daily wage in January 2025 at P1,300, down from P1,356 in January 2024.
The PSA describes managers as those who “plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the overall activities of enterprises, governments, and other organizations.”
Armed Forces occupations were next on the list, receiving P1,174 average daily wage up from P1,095 per day year-on-year.
Armed forces occupations included all jobs held by members of the armed forces, excluding those in civil defenses such as police and customs inspectors.
Professionals received the third highest daily basic pay at P1,173, up from P113 in January 2024.
Professionals are those who apply scientific or artistic concepts and theories in their task such as in the fields of sciences, social sciences, legal and social services, art, among others.
Technicians and associate professionals came in fourth, receiving P855 basic pay per day, up from P786 year-on-year.
Technicians are those who perform technical tasks connected with application of scientific or artistic concepts, operational methods, and government or business regulations.
Clerical support workers came in fifth with a daily basic pay of P739, up from P708 in the same month last year.
Clerical support work includes recording, organizing, storing information and performing clerical duties such as money-handling, travel arrangements, and appointments.
Meanwhile, the bottom five occupations with the lowest daily basic pay, were the following:
Elementary occupations involve simple routine tasks which require use of hand-held tools such as cleaning, restocking of supplies, basic maintenance, helping in the kitchen, sweeping streets, among others.
Skilled agricultural workers are those who prepare soil, sow, fertilize, harvest crops; breed, raise, tend, hunt animals; catch and cultivate fish and other aquatic life; and sell produce to markets, purchasers.
Service and sales workers’ tasks include housekeeping, preparing and serving food and beverages, providing basic health care, posing as models for advertising, hairdressing and beauty treatments, enforcing of law, selling goods at stalls and markets.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers are those who operate and monitor industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment.
Craft and related trades are those who perform tasks applying specific knowledge and skills in constructing and maintaining buildings, making handicrafts, pottery and glass, making metal structures or welding and casting metal. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
