Average Annual Compensation per Employee Industry Workers Compensation in Construction, by Position,

Group, Construction, Philippines: 2017 (in PhP) Philippines: 2014

CONSTRUCTION Monthly Annual Life Health

255,093 Basic Salary Salary Insurance Insurance Car Plan
Position
(Php) Increase (Php) (Php) (Php)
Demolition and site preparation 298,741 (%)
Executive 40,280 - 250,000 95,000 300,000
Construction of other civil engineering projects 281,113 Managerial 33,654 5 50,000 150,000 770,000
Supervisory 18,175 - 190,000 45,000
Construction of roads and railways 264,916
Rank & File 13,836 - 50,000 150,000 -
Other specialized construction activities 250,841 Source: ECOP

Construction of utility projects 239,177 Results of ECOP’s 2015 Corporate Compensation Survey

PAY STANDARDS
showed average monthly basic salaries in construction
Building completion and finishing 235,955 ranging from P13,836 for rank-and-file workers to P40,280
Source: ASPBI 2017 for executive level positions.
Based on the 2017 ASPBI, the average annual compensation in the
construction industry is P255,093 per employee. Workers in
demolition and site preparation, and of other civil engineering
Workers Compensation in Construction, by Selected
Occupation, Philippines: 2014
& PRACTICES
projects industry sub-classes were paid the highest averaging
P298,741 and P281,113, respectively. Monthly Annual
Basic Life
Salary Insurance Health Other
Occupation Insurance Fringe
Salary Increase (Php) (Php) Benefits
(Php) (%)
Annual Total Labor Cost: P185,507 CAD Operator 32,379 - 190,000 45,000 4,500
Direct Wages and Salaries Electrical Engineer 21,725 - - - -
Pay for Regular Working Time (P130,073) Surveyor 19,750 - 190,000 45,000 4,500
Engineering 19,622 - - - -
OT, Night Shift, Premium Pay (15,838) Supervisor
83.8% Bonuses & PIS (P5,332)
Foreman
Logistics Supervisor
17,239
17,000
-
-
190,000
190,000
45,000
45,000
4,500
4,500
Manufacture of Food
CONSTRUCTION
(P155,611) Technician 15,361 - 190,000 45,000 4,500
COLA & Other Allowances (P2,591)

Commissions (1,778)
Quality Surveyor
Engineer 15,000 - - - 33,000 Products
Field Engineer 15,000 - - 100,000 -
Bonuses and Gratuities Controller 14,549 - 190,000 45,000 4,500
Year-end, Seasonal, One-time Bonuses (P11,533) Mechanical 14,500 - - - 30,000
Engineer The construction industry includes general construction
Add’l Payments (vacation, supplementary 6.3% Architect 14,300 - 190,000 45,000 4,500 and specialized construction activities for buildings and
to normal vacation pay) (P145) (P11,696) Maintenance civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair,
Foreman 13,443 - - 100,000 -
Profit –sharing Bonuses (P17) additions and alterations, erection of prefabricated
Fabrication 12,797 - - 100,000 -
Foreman buildings or structures on the site and also construction of
Source: Labor Cost Survey, 2013
6.6% Social Security (P12,266) Source: ECOP a temporary nature.

Other Labor Cost By occupation, monthly basic salary ranged from P12,797 for
2.0%
(P3,653) Annual labor costs in fabrication foremen to P32,379 for CAD operators. Benefits life
construction was insurance stood at P190,000, health insurance ranged from
0.9% Housing (P1,708) estimated at P185,507 P45,000 to P100,000 and other fringe benefits ranged from
per worker. Around 84% P4,500 to P33,000, varying across occupations.
Pay for Time not of which or P155,611
0.2% Worked (P293) were direct wages; 7% or
P12,266 were for social For more information:
Cost of Training (P236) security payments, and www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph National Wages and Productivity Commission
0.1% 6% or P11,696 for Department of Labor and Employment
Payments bonuses and gratuities.
0.02% National Wages and Productivity Commission ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED Philippines
In-kind (P36)
(02) 8 527-8014 / 8 527-8011
Wage and Wage-Related Benefits under Compensation and Benefits
the Labor Code of the Philippines Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers Median Monthly Basic Pay and Allowances,
in Construction, Philippines: 2014-2018 (in PhP) Construction, Philippines: August 2018
Lowest wage that an employer
Minimum should pay his workers, as fixed by
443
415 411399
Wage the RTWPBs 379
401
376 388 All
367 376
344 355
341 360 Industries
330

Holiday 100% of the daily rate if unworked P1,716

Pay ALLOWANCES
200% of the daily rate if worked
P13,611 P13,559
13th Not less than one-twelfth (1/12) of the BASIC PAY BASIC PAY
Month Pay total basic pay earned in a calendar year
P838
ALLOWANCES
Workers are entitled to a 5-day 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
5-Day SIL Construction
service incentive leave after one-year All Industry Industry Construction
of service, and every year thereafter Source: Occupational Wage Survey
Source: Labor Force Survey

Equivalent to ½ or 1 month pay for Data from the household-based Labor Force Survey showed Average monthly basic pay of workers stood at P13,559 and
Separation that average daily basic pay of workers increased from P367 monthly allowance at P1,716 based on results of the
every year of service depending on the
Pay in 2014 to P443 in 2018 or by 20.7%. In the industry sector, Occupational Wages Survey (OWS). Pay was slightly higher in
authorized cause of the separation
average basic pay also grew by 19.5% from 344 to P411, as the construction industry at P13,611, although median
well as in construction where pay rose from P330 to P399, or monthly allowances is lower at P838.
by 20.9% during the same period.
Overtime 25% of the effective hourly basic rate
Pay
Average Monthly Rates of Full-Time Workers in Construction,
Philippines: August 2018 (in PhP)
Premium 24,000
30% of the daily basic rate
Pay Among workers in the 21,805
construction industry,
civil engineers received
the highest monthly pay 16,456
Night Shift 10% of the effective hourly basic
at P24,000, followed by 13,775 13,712
Differential Pay rate for work performed between 13,624 13,289 13,174 12,821 12,819
construction supervisors 12,491
10 p.m. and 6 am. at P21,805.
11,732

Unskilled workers
To be distributed completely and (P11,732) received the
Service
equally among the covered workers lowest pay, followed by
Charges concrete placers and
except managerial employees
finishers (P12,491), and
structural metal
preparers and erectors
Retirement Daily rate x 22.5 days x number of (P12,819.
Pay years of service
Civil Construction Accounting Bldg. & Plumbers, Heavy Insulation Stone Carpenters Structural Concrete Unskilled
Engineers Supervisors & Book- related Pipe Fitters Equipment Workers masons, & Joiners Metal Placers, Workers excl.
keeping Electricians & related Mechanics cutters, Preparers, Finishers & Janitors,
Clerks work splitters & Erectors Related Freight
carvers Workers Handlers and
Source: Occupational Wage Survey Messengers