What's the minimum wage where you work? Every Philippine region, 2026

Find the current daily minimum wage for your region, read from the wage boards' own orders, and turn it into a monthly figure.

What is the minimum wage in your region today?

Daily rates in pesos, from the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) summary dated 2 September 2026 and the two wage orders issued after it, all read on 7 October 2026. Each wage order says its rates are for normal working hours of not more than eight hours a day.

Region	Non-agriculture	Agriculture and other	Wage order	In effect since
National Capital Region (NCR)	755	718	NCR-28	26 September 2026
Cordillera (CAR)	505	505	CAR-24	30 December 2025
Region I, Ilocos	480 to 505	480 to 505	RB 1-24	19 November 2025
Region II, Cagayan Valley	500	500	RTWPB 2-24	5 November 2025
Region III, Central Luzon	560 to 600	515 to 590	RBIII-26	30 October 2025, this rate from 16 April 2026
Region IV-A, Calabarzon	525 to 600	508 to 525	IVA-22	5 October 2025, this rate from 1 April 2026
Region IV-B, Mimaropa	455	455	RB-MIMAROPA-13	1 January 2026
Region V, Bicol	455	455	RBV-23	8 April 2026. From 1 December 2026: 480 for all sectors
Region VI, Western Visayas	525 to 550	520	RBVI-29	19 November 2025
Region VII, Central Visayas	500 to 540	500 to 540	ROVII-26	4 October 2025. From 14 October 2026: 582 in Class A and 542 in Class B, under ROVII-27
Region VIII, Eastern Visayas	470	440	RB VIII-25	8 December 2025, this rate from 1 June 2026
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula	464	451 to 464	RIX-24	1 January 2026, this rate from 1 June 2026
Region X, Northern Mindanao	485 to 500	485 to 500	RX-24	16 January 2026, this rate from 1 May 2026
Region XI, Davao	540	525	RB XI-24	13 March 2026, this rate from 1 September 2026
Region XII, Soccsksargen	460	443	RB XII-25	2 November 2025, this rate from 15 December 2025
Caraga	475	475	RXIII-20	3 January 2026, this rate from 1 May 2026
BARMM	411 to 436	401 to 411	BARMM-05	6 August 2026. From 1 December 2026: 436 to 461 for non-agriculture and 426 to 436 for agriculture

Where a region shows a range, the rate depends on where you work or how many people your employer has:

NCR: P718 covers agriculture, service and retail shops with 15 workers or fewer, and manufacturers with fewer than 10.
Region I: P505 for non-agriculture employers with 10 or more workers, and P480 for those with fewer and for agriculture.
Region VI: P550 for non-agriculture employers with more than 10 workers.
Region VII: P540 in Expanded Metro Cebu (the cities of Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga and Talisay, and six nearby towns), P500 elsewhere, including Negros Oriental and Siquijor.
Region X: P500 in the cities and towns of Wage Category I, such as Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. P485 elsewhere.
BARMM: the higher rate is for Cotabato, Lamitan and Marawi cities.

How much is the minimum wage a month?

The NWPC's FAQ gives the formula: the daily rate times the days you're paid in a year, divided by 12. It uses 313 days for a worker who doesn't work and isn't paid on rest days (a six-day week), 261 days for a five-day week, and 365 days for a monthly-paid worker.

At NCR's P755 a day, that's P19,692.92 a month on a six-day week, or P16,421.25 on a five-day week.

When is the next minimum wage increase?

Three wage orders already set the date of the next increase:

Region VII: Wage Order ROVII-27 raises the rate to P582 in Class A areas and P542 in Class B from 14 October 2026.
Region V: the NWPC summary lists the second step of RBV-23, P480 from 1 December 2026.
BARMM: the second step of BARMM-05 takes non-agriculture to P436 to P461 and agriculture to P426 to P436 from 1 December 2026.

Metro Manila's 2026 increase needed two wage orders, NCR-27 and NCR-28. Wage Order NCR-27, approved in June 2026, set P755 from July and P780 from January 2027. NCR-28's own text says a status quo ante order, a restraining order and an injunction followed, and NCR-27 "never took effect". NCR-28 replaced it with a P60 increase to P755, from 26 September 2026, and it has no second step.

On 29 September 2026, the NWPC said wage boards in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, VI and XII were holding consultations, so check back for those regions.

Does the minimum wage cover you?

Wage orders cover private sector workers, whatever their job title or how they're paid. The NWPC lists two exceptions: household helpers, and people in the personal employ of another, such as family drivers. The NWPC publishes a separate monthly minimum wage for kasambahay in each region.

Some employers can apply to the wage board to be exempted: retail and service shops that regularly employ 10 workers or fewer, and businesses hit by a calamity. The NWPC's FAQ says an exemption lasts one year at most.

If you work as a freelancer or an independent contractor, your rate comes from your contract. On our reading, wage orders set what employers must pay the workers they employ. Freelancers also pay their own SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG:

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Questions

What is the minimum wage in Metro Manila?

P755 a day for non-agriculture workers under Wage Order NCR-28, in effect since 26 September 2026. Agriculture, service and retail shops with 15 workers or fewer, and manufacturers with fewer than 10, pay at least P718.

How do I compute the monthly minimum wage?

Multiply the daily rate by 313 and divide by 12 if you work six days a week and aren't paid on rest days, or use 261 for five days a week. At P755 a day, that's P19,692.92 or P16,421.25 a month.

Why do some sites say Metro Manila's minimum wage is P780?

That was the second step of Wage Order NCR-27, due in January 2027. NCR-27 never took effect, so the rate is P755 under NCR-28, with no second step.

Does the minimum wage apply to kasambahay?

No, not the daily rates on this page: domestic workers have their own monthly minimum wage, set per region, which the NWPC lists separately.

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A guide to the wage orders, not legal advice. Wage orders change, and the NWPC summary is the source. Check it before you rely on a figure. Sources, read 7 October 2026: