Jagpreet Sandhu

Flexible Task – Eco

Top 5 highest paying jobs in the Philippines

Income Tax
Job Title Estimated Monthly Salary (Single, no dependent,
private company)
1. Aircraft Pilots, Navigators,
PHP 116,714.00 PHP 26,145.99
and Flight Engineers
2. Securities and Finance
PHP 89,831.00 PHP 17,413.24
Dealers and Brokers
3. Civil Engineers PHP 68,957.00 PHP 11,151.04
4. Actuaries PHP 60,477.00 PHP 8,978.09
5. Computer Programmers PHP 52,331.00 PHP 6,941.59
Sources:
 https://www.sodexo.ph/blogs/top-10-highest-paying-jobs-in-the-philippines-2019/
 https://taxcalculator.dof.gov.ph/

Top 5 lowest paying jobs in the Philippines

Income Tax
Job Title Estimated Monthly Salary (Single, no dependent,
government)
1. Forestry workers PHP 6,290.00 PHP 0
2. Aqua-farm cultivators PHP 7,088.00 PHP 0
3. Freight handlers PHP 7,620.00 PHP 0
4. Tailors, dressmakers and
PHP 7,818.00 PHP 0
hatters
5. Field crop farmworkers PHP 7,949.00 PHP 0
Sources:
 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/892466/inquirerseven-labor-dole-lowest-paying-job-philippines
 https://taxcalculator.dof.gov.ph/

Interpretation:
Jobs anchored on manual labor pay the lowest, while jobs anchored on certain sets of professional skills
pay the highest. I also noticed that the higher paying the job, the more educational qualifications are
needed to qualify (this can also be seen as higher cost of investment in terms of education).