In 2018, approximately 5.1 million workers in the Philippines were paid with an hourly basic pay below two-thirds of the median hourly basic wage. Over the past decade, the number of underpaid employees amounted between four and five million but was lowest in 2015 with approximately 4.6 million employees.
Number of underpaid employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018
(in millions)
According to the source underpaid or low-paid employees are wage and salary workers with hourly basic pay (in primary job) below two-thirds of the median hourly basic pay.
Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province.The use of the annualized 2015 LFS data using the four survey rounds was based on the result of the referendum among members of the Interagency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics.
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PSA (Philippines). (February 10, 2021). Number of underpaid employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/709503/number-of-underpaid-employees-in-the-philippines/
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PSA (Philippines). (2021). Number of underpaid employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709503/number-of-underpaid-employees-in-the-philippines/
PSA (Philippines). "Number of Underpaid Employees in The Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709503/number-of-underpaid-employees-in-the-philippines/
PSA (Philippines), Number of underpaid employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709503/number-of-underpaid-employees-in-the-philippines/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of underpaid employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in millions) [Graph], PSA (Philippines), February 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/709503/number-of-underpaid-employees-in-the-philippines/
