Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines

Philippines: Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above was 9,124 in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
9,124
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
22nd
of 71 countries
All-time high
9,124
in 2019
All-time low
4,997
in 2001
Years of data
19
2001–2019

Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines, 2001–2019

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k2001201020192001: 5.0k2002: 5.4k2003: 5.4k2004: 5.4k2005: 5.4k2006: 5.6k2007: 5.9k2008: 6.3k2009: 6.5k2010: 6.5k2011: 6.7k2012: 6.8k2013: 7.1k2014: 7.4k2015: 7.6k2016: 7.7k2017: 8.7k2018: 8.7k2019: 9.1k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines stood at 9,124. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines peaked at 9,124 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,997, in 2001.

That places Philippines 22nd out of 71 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5,673 4,997 6,518 9
2010s 7,632 6,518 9,124 10

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 19 Mauritius 13,000 compare
  2. 20 India 12,000 compare
  3. 21 Dominican Republic 11,115 compare
  4. 23 Honduras 8,000 compare
  5. 24 Mexico 7,740 compare
  6. 25 South Africa 6,300 compare

See the full ranking of 71 places β†’

More reference data data for Philippines

All data for Philippines β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines?
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines was 9,124 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 9,124 in 2019.
What is the lowest median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 4,997 in 2001.
How does Philippines rank for median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above?
Philippines ranks 22nd out of 71 countries with data for 2019.
Is median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Philippines data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines. Statizoid. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/median-earnings-per-month-aged-15-64-local-currency-values-above-primary-education/philippines/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/median-earnings-per-month-aged-15-64-local-currency-values-above-primary-education/philippines/">Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above in Philippines</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
71 places, 932 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed