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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(June 2022) The Labor policy in the Philippines is specified mainly by the country's Labor Code of the Philippines and through other labor laws. They cover 38 million Filipinos who belong to the labor force and to some extent, as well as overseas workers.
As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$15.00 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour.
The Philippine economy has been growing steadily over decades and the International Monetary Fund in 2014 reported it as the 39th largest economy in the world. The Philippines posted a high GDP growth rate of 7.6 percent in 2022. [37]
Gross Average Monthly Wages in 2023 (USD, at current exchange rates) [5] Country Gross (USD 2024) Country Gross (USD 2024) Switzerland * 8,111 (2022) St Kitts and Nevis: 16500 Luxembourg * 6,633 (2022) Trinidad & Tobago: 15500 United States * 6,455 (2022) South Korea: 13000 Iceland * 6,778 Barbados: 11500 Norway * 5,665 (2022) Monaco: 5000
This is the map and list of Asian countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in US Dollar. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers.
The Labor Code of the Philippines is the legal code governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. It was enacted through Presidential Decree No. 442 on Labor day, May 1, 1974, by President Ferdinand Marcos in the exercise of his then extant legislative powers. [1]
The exemption for minimum wage earners is retained in the revised tax system. Tax rates for individual taxpayers still follow the progressive tax system [6] with the maximum rate of 35%, and minimum rates of 20% (taxable years 2018 to 2022) and 15%
This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by poverty rate as of 2021. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The national poverty rate of the Philippines was estimated to be at 22.4% in early 2023.