Aircraft pilots got highest paying jobs in Philippines in 2022 —PSA

Aircraft pilots and other professionals in the air transport sector received the highest salaries in the Philippines in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority's occupational wages survey showed.

According to the PSA 2022 Occupational Wages Survey (OWS), the professionals employed in the aviation industry received an average monthly wage rate of P136,363— the highest-paying occupation across 193 monitored occupations in 72 selected industries.

Software developers followed them with a wage rate averaging P70,595 per month and mathematicians and actuaries at P69,654.

Production supervisors and general foreman, meanwhile, received an average monthly compensation of P63,017;  applications programmers, P58,643; specialist medical practitioners, P57,476; and statisticians, P51,607.

Medical doctors or generalist medical practitioners receive an average salary of P51,251 per month; geologists, P49,059; and accountants, P48,982.

Time-rated workers on a full-time basis are paid on the basis of an hour, day, or month and work at jobs with hours of work equal to or more than those considered normal or regular to the establishment.

Meanwhile, the survey also showed the average monthly wage rate of time-rated workers on a full-time basis in the Philippines last year was PhP 18,423.

“This indicates an 11.7 percent increase from the average monthly wage rate of these workers in 2020 at PhP 16,486 and a 1.7 percent increment from their average monthly wage rate in 2018 at PhP 18,108,” it added.

The OWS is a nationwide survey of establishments that employ 20 or more workers. It is conducted every two years with the main objective of generating statistics for wage and salary administration and wage determination in collective bargaining. —NB, GMA Integrated News