As of January 2025, the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila registered the highest real minimum wage at ****** Philippine pesos per day. This was followed by Region IV-A or CALABARZON with a minimum wage of ****** Philippine pesos per day.

Minimum Wages in Philippines remained unchanged at 645 PHP/day in 2025 from 645 PHP/day in 2024. This dataset provides - Philippines Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Philippines Real Minimum Daily Wage Rate: 1988 Prices: NCR: Non Agricultural data was reported at 66.870 PHP in Dec 1998. This records an increase from the previous number of 66.850 PHP for Nov 1998. Philippines Real Minimum Daily Wage Rate: 1988 Prices: NCR: Non Agricultural data is updated monthly, averaging 68.170 PHP from Jun 1989 (Median) to Dec 1998, with 115 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.830 PHP in Jan 1991 and a record low of 58.720 PHP in Jun 1989. Philippines Real Minimum Daily Wage Rate: 1988 Prices: NCR: Non Agricultural data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Wages and Productivity Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G020: Nominal and Real Minimum Daily Wage: National Capital Region. Rebased from 1988p to 1994p Replacement series ID: 34097801

Based on the preliminary estimates for 2024, the unemployment rate in Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) in the Philippines was at 4.8 percent, significantly lower than the previous year’s estimates. The region’s unemployment rate peaked in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which Metro Manila city has the highest unemployment rate? Valenzuela City had the highest unemployment rate among other cities in Metro Manila in 2022, which was estimated at 9.3 percent. This was followed by the cities of Caloocan and Malabon. Meanwhile, the capital city of Manila had an unemployment rate of about 8.6 percent. The region’s labor force participation rate has been steadily increasing since 2018, although it remains to have one of the lowest employment rates nationwide. Daily minimum wages in Metro Manila As of January 2025, workers in the non-agricultural industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) had a minimum wage of 608 Philippine pesos—the highest nationwide. Despite agriculture not being the leading industry in the region, workers in the agricultural plantation industries also had the same daily minimum wage. As of January 2024, the Philippines had one of the lowest minimum monthly wages in the Asia-Pacific region.