Philippines: number of female underpaid employees

In 2018, around 2.5 million female employees in the Philippines were paid hourly basic pay below two-thirds of the median hourly basic wage. By comparison, there were approximately 2.6 million male workers who were underpaid in the Philippines.

Number of underpaid female employees in the Philippines from 2009 to 2018 (in millions)

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Philippines

Survey time period

2009 to 2018

Supplementary notes

According to the source underpaid or low-paid employees are wage and salary workers with hourly basic pay (in primary job) below two-thirds of the median hourly basic pay.

Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province.The use of the annualized 2015 LFS data using the four survey rounds was based on the result of the referendum among members of the Interagency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics.

Figures have been rounded.

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