Recently, the leading job search website in the Philippines Jobstreet.com has released their 2015 Annual Salary Report, which reveals the top 10 highest paid jobs in the Philippines.
In their report, employees with specialization in IT – Software and IT – Network, System, and Database Administration are the best paid. These specializations in IT occupy the first two spot in all three position levels. Junior Executives/1 to 4 Years’ Experienced Employees, Supervisors/5 or More Years’ Experienced Employees, and Assistant Managers/Managers.
Jobstreet.com encourage all the companies posting job ads to include their salary offer and making salary information visible for the applicant.
This will help candidates and employees gauge if they are getting paid competitively. Also, jobseekers who are assessing how their current salary stacks up with how much others with the same specialization get paid.
The annual salary report from Jobstreet also the help the graduating high school students to decide which course they want to take up when they reach College in order to land a job with great salary when they finished.
Meanwhile, here’s the Top 10 highest paid jobs in the Philippines for the year 2015 as presented by Jobstreet.com in their annual salary report.
Junior Executives/1 to 4 Years’ Experienced Employees
Employees with 1 to 4 years of experience specializing in IT got the first two spots on the highest paid jobs in Junior Executive level followed by Law/Legal Services on the number 3 spot with Php 27, 033 average salaries.
| Specialization | Average Basic Monthly Salary |
|---|---|
| IT/Computer – Software | P37,784 |
| IT/Computer – Network/Database Admin | P33,029 |
| Law/Legal Services | P27,033 |
| Actuarial Science | P27,032 |
| Engineering – Electronics/Communication | P26,379 |
| Public Relations/Communications | P25,153 |
| Technical & Helpdesk Support | P25,078 |
| Sales – Telesales/Telemarketing | P24,400 |
| Training & Development | P23,762 |
| Customer Service | P23,369 |
Supervisors/5 or More Years’ Experienced Employees
On Supervisory Level, still the top 3 is the same as the Junior Executive followed by the Engineering Electronics/ Communication with an average salary of Php 34, 831.
| Specialization | Average Basic Monthly Salary |
|---|---|
| IT/Computer – Software | P67,478 |
| IT/Computer – Network/Database Admin | P52,319 |
| Law/Legal Services | P39,788 |
| Engineering – Electronics/Communication | P34,831 |
| Customer Service | P34,772 |
| Sales – Engineering/Technical/IT | P33,396 |
| Marketing/Business Development | P33,104 |
| Quality Control Assurance | P32,978 |
| Sales – Telesales/Telemarketing | P32,878 |
| Engineering – Industrial | P27,032 |
Assistant Managers/Managers
Managers with specialization in IT still on the first 2 spots while the managers with specialization in Technical & Helpdesk Support got the third spot and the Customer Service respectively.
| Specialization | Average Basic Monthly Salary |
|---|---|
| IT/Computer – Software | P100,838 |
| IT/Computer – Network/Database Admin | P81,274 |
| Technical & Helpdesk Support | P80,405 |
| Customer Service | P76,538 |
| Architecture/Interior Design | P68,616 |
| Training & Development | P67,380 |
| Corp. Finance/Investment/Merchant Banking | P66,362 |
| Finance – General/Cost Accounting | P59,696 |
| Maintenance/Repair (Facilities & Machinery) | P59,367 |
| Manufacturing/Production Operations | P59,153 |
All the salaries posted are based on the actual salaries of more than 38 thousand jobs posted on Jobstreet.com.ph from October 1 to December 31, 2014.
Compare your current salary and request for an adjustment if your company is not giving you competitive salary or better to look for another company 🙂