Philippines Classes of Wage Earners, How Much Does a Filipino/Filipina Make?

Philippines Classes of Wage Earners, How Much Does a Filipino / Filipina Make?

(peso rate as of 6-26-09 is 49.25 to one USD. For peso rate today click here)

Marketing people and even the Government have divided the country into economic classes so they can more effective market or implement their programs. These are the classes below and current income rate for each.

A class are the top 5% (5 million people)- P25,000 to very big money, millions of dollars, billions of pesos. Senior Politicians, Land owners, Large Business Owners

B class 10-15% (10-15 million People) - P15,000 - 25,000 a month Mid-Level Politicians, Professionals - doctors, engineers, supervisors

C 'middle class' of 20% (20million people) - P5,000 -15,000 a month Skilled craftsman teachers and nurses as well as bank clerks and retail shop assistants.

D class bottom rung 60% (60 million people) - P1,000 - 5,000 a month subsistence farmers, small fishermen, trike drivers, security guards, salesladies, waitress, waiters, janitorial, guards, private drivers, cooks, standby's*, lavenders and helpers. Just to get to work and eat and home again cost many P1,500. And no surprise many who can get away using "contract," workers, pay just that. When you explain to a worker they may be working for nothing, some are shocked but don't give up there job in hopes of getting another. Usually there is not room for promotion or a career employee that is not family or extended family relates. With 60 million people in this country, despite all the new SUV's you see on the streets you realize because of this disparity in income this is a country of mostly poor people, economically.

But keep in mind Filipinos especially at the "D" class, have life of togetherness, maybe ignited by the poverty, and they demonstrate respect for elders, family love and extended family relationship that makes them the richest nation in the word in the "relationship," category. The relationships maybe not so valuable to a Westerner but to a Filipino are worth millions. Relationships here and family is what life is about.

*A standby, or istamby is an intermittent worker or maybe on waiting for a job overseas, always available for any work, manual labor or what ever they can do legally and you can pay for until they get something permanent.

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