Author Topic: How much do Philippine government officials make in salary? (Read 9749 times)

bol-anon nga cebuano · « **on:** April 06, 2010, 04:16:13 AM »

For all the headaches a government official is embracing upon being elected into office, did you ever wonder how much they make in a month? Why spend hundreds of millions for only a yearly salary not exceeding 1 million pesos for the top post of President of the archipelago?

Does that mean they all steal? Or all for the service of the country? Sense of nationalism? "Give something back to the country"? And yet some senators are so pompous and arrogant at shouting at citizens in their blue ribbon inquiries, forgetting that they are there at the service of the Filipino people. Anywayâ€¦â€¦.. here are their salaries as of 2001.

The table below shows the salary schedule for government employees effective July 1, 2001. With the exception of the president, each position pays a range of salaries from Step 1 being the entry-level amount to Step 8 as the highest amount a particular position can get. The table only shows Step 1 and Step 8 for comparison purposes. The listings are not in any particular order.

Well, these are their official salaries only. The benefits must be good.

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trademark · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2010, 06:42:03 AM »

Oh my God, 40th plus lang ang sweldo sa congressman? Unsaon man nimo pag bayad sa loan nga houses ug sakyanan? Padaganon ang asawa?

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jig37504 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:10:24 AM »

wa na sila magsalig sa sweldo... if i remember it right, a senator has access to 500 million pesos nga mostly dili kinahanglan nga i-audit. tan-awa nang magsuon nga cayetano they are holding on to a budget of 1 billion pesos. hunahunaa nga wa pod na silay delicadeza kay panguhaon nga staff mga paryente ra para ang kwarta adto ra nila maglibot-libot.

ang congressman has access to 70 million pesos pork barrel wa pay labot kon dunay committee chairmanships. know the personnel of your congressman.

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tohnichi007 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:10:38 AM »

10 yrs ago na ni so ang figure sa pagka karon daku2x napod guro kalahian (mas daku2x napod), Asa ang bag o kay interesting guro na heheheh

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jig37504 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:24:23 AM »

and yes, stop calling it PDAF or whatever, it is essentially pork barrel. it is disgusting. they are legislators not executives. their work is to make laws and ensure they are implemented (oversight function).

they are not there to have projects like multipurpose building, computers, etcetera. haciendero mentality na, unya kitang mga constituents morag mga saop maghuwat tagaag grasya. inig hatag morag ginoo na na sila para nato. dont believe me? just read on the threads on the candidates and read what their supporters are saying. morag gasalig na sa ilang pangabuhian sa ilang mga kandidato.

hahaha enough ranting, move on and get a life!

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jig37504 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:27:06 AM »

more on pork barrel at Senator Miriam Santiago's blog http://www.miriam.com.ph/labels/pork%20barrel.html

and tell me kon sweldo gisaligan anang mga tawhana

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Scarb · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:37:34 AM »

For all the headaches a government official is embracing upon being elected into office, did you ever wonder how much they make in a month? Why spend hundreds of millions for only a yearly salary not exceeding 1 million pesos for the top post of President of the archipelago?

Does that mean they all steal? Or all for the service of the country? Sense of nationalism? "Give something back to the country"? And yet some senators are so pompous and arrogant at shouting at citizens in their blue ribbon inquiries, forgetting that they are there at the service of the Filipino people. Anywayâ€¦â€¦.. here are their salaries as of 2001.

The table below shows the salary schedule for government employees effective July 1, 2001. With the exception of the president, each position pays a range of salaries from Step 1 being the entry-level amount to Step 8 as the highest amount a particular position can get. The table only shows Step 1 and Step 8 for comparison purposes. The listings are not in any particular order.

Well, these are their official salaries only. The benefits must be good.

whoa 57 thousand plus rah ang presidente? unja pila ka million during sa pangampanya?
no wonder nga mamawi- sowe po !

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:25:59 PM »

10 yrs ago na ni so ang figure sa pagka karon daku2x napod guro kalahian (mas daku2x napod), Asa ang bag o kay interesting guro na heheheh

this is the standard salary until 2013.

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arki · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2010, 06:32:58 AM »

i guess, kanang governor, BM mura mana depende pilay kita sa probensya the same pud ma apply sa mga mayor kay ang mayor sa Tagbilaran city mas dako man iyang salary income than sa mayor sa Baclayon...Same thing sad sa governor sa Cebu mas dako ug sweldo kaysa governor sa bohol...Pero nagsunod guihapon ni sila sa mga grade salary...

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2010, 06:39:36 AM »

this is the standard salary until 2013.

From what I've read, ang salary grade vis-a-vis government position wa mausab, pero ang actual amount received has been augmented since then.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2010, 10:27:28 PM »

i guess, kanang governor, BM mura mana depende pilay kita sa probensya the same pud ma apply sa mga mayor kay ang mayor sa Tagbilaran city mas dako man iyang salary income than sa mayor sa Baclayon...Same thing sad sa governor sa Cebu mas dako ug sweldo kaysa governor sa bohol...Pero nagsunod guihapon ni sila sa mga grade salary...

as far as i know, ang mga cities nga classified as highly urbanized city lang ang mag depende sa kita nila. pero kadtong ordinary city lang, pareha lang na sila as 1st class municipality. that goes the same sa mga governors, same set of salary given. ang magdiffer lang is the funds for their offices as it really depends on the income of the province or municipality. the more income the municipality can give, the more IRA share they will get thus more funds for them.

im not just sure if this is really true but so far this is what i consistently hear from people connected to LGU's.

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arki · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:08:50 AM »

as far as i know, ang mga cities nga classified as highly urbanized city lang ang mag depende sa kita nila. pero kadtong ordinary city lang, pareha lang na sila as 1st class municipality. that goes the same sa mga governors, same set of salary given. ang magdiffer lang is the funds for their offices as it really depends on the income of the province or municipality. the more income the municipality can give, the more IRA share they will get thus more funds for them.

im not just sure if this is really true but so far this is what i consistently hear from people connected to LGU's.

agreed ko dyan BNC...

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:05:28 AM »

For all the headaches a government official is embracing upon being elected into office, did you ever wonder how much they make in a month? Why spend hundreds of millions for only a yearly salary not exceeding 1 million pesos for the top post of President of the archipelago?

Does that mean they all steal? Or all for the service of the country? Sense of nationalism? "Give something back to the country"? And yet some senators are so pompous and arrogant at shouting at citizens in their blue ribbon inquiries, forgetting that they are there at the service of the Filipino people. Anywayâ€¦â€¦.. here are their salaries as of 2001.

The table below shows the salary schedule for government employees effective July 1, 2001. With the exception of the president, each position pays a range of salaries from Step 1 being the entry-level amount to Step 8 as the highest amount a particular position can get. The table only shows Step 1 and Step 8 for comparison purposes. The listings are not in any particular order.

Well, these are their official salaries only. The benefits must be good.

Hmm, mao ba gihapon ni ang ilang sweldo ron?

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syhannah · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2012, 06:29:21 PM »

Murag dili mani ang latest naa baya increase sa salary per year kung wala ko masayop,.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2012, 10:02:03 PM »

Third Tranche Monthly Salary Schedule for Civilian National Government Personnel
Effective June 1, 2011
(In Pesos)

Salary Grade

     Step 1     Step 2     Step 3     Step 4

1   8,287     8,393     8,501     8,610
2   8,932     9,047     9,162     9,281
3   9,628     9,751     9,876   10,004
4   10,358   10,491   10,626   10,763
5   11,145   11,288   11,434   11,581
6   11,992   12,146   12,302   12,462
7   12,880   13,045   13,213   13,384
8   13,833   14,011   14,192   14,375
9   14,857   15,048   15,242   15,439
10   15,948   16,153   16,360   16,571
11   17,099   17,318   17,540   17,765
12   18,333   18,568   18,805   19,047
13   19,658   19,908   20,162   20,420
14   21,078   21,346   21,618   21,894
15   22,688   22,994   23,305   23,621
16   24,423   24,752   25,085   25,424
17   26,292   26,644   27,002   27,366
18   28,305   28,684   29,068   29,458
19   30,474   30,880   31,292   31,711
20   32,810   33,246   33,688   34,140
21   35,219   35,685   36,158   36,638
22   37,812   38,310   38,815   39,327
23   40,604   41,136   41,676   42,223
24   43,612   44,179   44,756   45,340
25   46,848   47,456   48,071   48,696
26   50,334   50,982   51,642   52,310
27   54,088   54,782   55,487   56,201
28   58,132   58,874   59,628   60,392
29   62,488   63,282   64,088   64,905
30   67,944   68,814   69,697   70,592
31   79,729   80,777   81,841   82,921
32   91,226   92,425   93,642   94,878
33   107,470

(As per Executive Order No. 40, s. 2011)

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2012, 02:01:40 AM »

No wonder why a lot of nurses leave the Philippines. They normally make 9-10 thousand pesos a month, which is equivalent to $225- $300 a month. In the United States, they make that amount in 1 day.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2012, 02:04:36 AM »

An Engineer in the Philippines makes 14-20 thousand pesos a month? That is equivalent to $350 - $500 a month. In the United States, an Engineer can make around $80,000 - $150,000 a year , which is equivalent to 3.2 Million to 6 Million pesos a year.

No wonder why there are a lot of Pinoy Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, here in the USA.

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islander · « **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2012, 04:17:14 PM »

to be fair, lorenz, yes, the pay is certainly low in our country, if we convert to dollars. but we don't use dollars here to purchase things. a little comparison: a 700-dollar/month apartment in the u.s. (and i understand in some urban areas this is just a one-room affair or, worse, just a garage converted into a room) would mean at the very least a 29,000+/month mansion here. the kind of lifestyle and standard of living one wants is certainly in the picture.

some who have remained here have managed well while some of those who have left (and to their credit, have sacrificed a lot, foremost of which are scrimping and loneliness) were disappointed or have sadly failed. to each his own coping with life's ups and downs then, wherever one chooses to be.

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islander · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2012, 04:18:57 PM »

No wonder why there are a lot of Pinoy Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, here in the USA.

and there are a lot more here who have remained.

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superwoman · « **Reply #19 on:** April 11, 2012, 05:39:13 PM »

Maojud,.No one can replace in our home,.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #20 on:** April 11, 2012, 06:11:18 PM »

Thinking of life in terms of dollars and cents is the mark of a loser.

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islander · « **Reply #21 on:** April 11, 2012, 09:04:08 PM »

what does that make of those who think in terms of pesos and centavos, winners?

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superwoman · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2012, 06:26:03 PM »

Its depend on the person coz every lahi2x ang level of satisfaction

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #23 on:** April 17, 2012, 01:07:31 PM »

to be fair, lorenz, yes, the pay is certainly low in our country, if we convert to dollars. but we don't use dollars here to purchase things. a little comparison: a 700-dollar/month apartment in the u.s. (and i understand in some urban areas this is just a one-room affair or, worse, just a garage converted into a room) would mean at the very least a 29,000+/month mansion here. the kind of lifestyle and standard of living one wants is certainly in the picture.

some who have remained here have managed well while some of those who have left (and to their credit, have sacrificed a lot, foremost of which are scrimping and loneliness) were disappointed or have sadly failed. to each his own coping with life's ups and downs then, wherever one chooses to be.

Yes, isles, that is true, one can have satisfaction working in the Philippines. There are opportunities within the country as well as outside. Thanks!

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superwoman · « **Reply #24 on:** April 17, 2012, 04:04:59 PM »

Yes i agree kuya lorenz

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #25 on:** April 17, 2012, 04:43:27 PM »

what does that make of those who think in terms of pesos and centavos, winners?

Ah, quaternio terminorum. Anyhow, there are countless parallel universes out there...

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #26 on:** April 18, 2012, 03:31:37 AM »

Yes i agree kuya lorenz

Hehe, welcome sa board, inday!

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