MANILA, Philippines — Private sector workers in Metro Manila will receive a record P85 daily wage increase, the largest ever approved in the National Capital Region, Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino announced on Tuesday.
The wage adjustment will raise the minimum daily pay of non-agricultural workers from P695 to P780.
Agricultural workers, meanwhile, will see their minimum wage increase from P658 to P743 per day.
Tolentino described the wage order as a historic move, noting that it marks the highest wage increase ever granted to private sector workers in Metro Manila.
The increase will be implemented in two tranches.
The first tranche, amounting to P60 per day, will take effect on July 19, 2026.
The remaining P25 per day increase will be implemented on Jan. 20, 2027.
