Salary Standardization Law

Here is the Salary Standardization Law 2025 and how to check your salary grade as a government employee in Philippines.

The Law enacts a system of salary classification used in Philippines to determine the payment due government employees.

The salary Grade of government workers is increasing in four tranches from January 2024 up to 2027.

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About Salary Standardization Law

• The Salary Standardization Law seeks to improve the purchasing power of approximately 2.46 million civil servants1 in the country that was eroded by inflation by providing an increase in the salary of government officials and employees.
• The law aims to attract and retain competent and committed civil servants and increase productivity among the public sector workers.
• By virtue of Republic Act No. 11466 otherwise known as the “Salary Standardization Law of 2019,” the national government implemented the salary modification for government employees. The modified salary schedule was implemented in four tranches from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023. However, the adjusted salary is still inadequate since the country is still recovering from the effects of the pandemic. Government employees can barely afford to support their families as the inflation rate between April 2019 and April 2023 grew at a significant 120%.2
• This will put more money in government employees’ pockets and will increase disposable income, boost consumer spending, and in turn would stimulate the economy and help generate more revenues.
• The Salary Standardization Law mandates the implementation of salary increases for government officials and employees in accordance with salary schedules for four (4) tranches. The salary schedules shall be implemented on January 1, 2024 and every January 1 thereafter until the final tranche in 2027.
• The salary increase is equivalent to an across the board annual ten percent (10%) increase for four (4) years.
• With this law, the government would alleviate the living conditions of the 2.46 million public servants. Consequently, the much-needed relief that this measure offers will further motivate government personnel and invigorate public service. In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

Salary Standardization Law

Section 1

• Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Salary Standardization Law VI”.

Section 2

• Declaration of Policy. – Pursuant to the constitutional mandate that the State shall provide for the standardization of salary of government officials and employees, including those in government-owned or -controlled corporations with original charters, taking into account the nature of duties and responsibilities pertaining to and the qualifications required for their positions, the State shall:
• (a) implement a salary schedule that is generally comparable with those in the private sector doing comparable work and in accordance with the provisions of existing salary and position classification laws, in order to attract, retain and motivate a corps of competent civil servants;
• (b) keep the salary for government personnel fair and reasonable based upon substantive differences in duties,  responsibilities, accountabilities and qualification requirements of the positions;
• (c) ensure that the compensation for all civilian government personnel shall be standardized and rationalized across all government agencies to create an enabling environment that will promote social justice, integrity, efficiency, productivity, accountability and excellence in the civil service;
• ( d) take into consideration the financial capability of the government and shall give due regard to the efficient allocation of funds for personnel services, which shall be maintained at a realistic level in proportion to the overall expenditure of government; and
• (e) conduct a periodic review of the salary and position classification system taking into account the changes in skills and competency requirements and the possible erosion in the purchasing power due to inflation, and other factors

Section 3

• Coverage. -This Act shall apply to all positions for civilian government personnel in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, including Constitutional Commissions, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government-Owned or – Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) not covered by RA 10149, Government Financial Institutions (GFis) and local government units (LGUs); regardless of appointment status, whether regular, casual or contractual in nature; appointive or elective; and on full-time or part-time basis, now existing or hereafter

Section 4

• Exclusions. – The following shall be excluded from the coverage of this Act:
• (a) Military and uniformed personnel;
• (b) GOCCs under Republic Act No. 10149 which shall be covered by a Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) established by the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) and approved by the President of the Philippines: and
• (c) Individuals whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts of service, consultancy or service contracts with no employer-employee

Section 5

• Exempt Entities. – Exempt entities refer to:
• (a) government agencies that are not covered by the CPCS authorized under Republic Act 6758, as amended; (b) GOCCs governed by the (CPCS) established by GCG under Republic Act 10149; and
• (c) those authorized by law and have actually adopted their own compensation and position classification Exempt entities shall be governed by their respective compensation and position classification systems    which shall be made    effective upon the recommendation of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) or GCG, as the case may be, and approval by the President of the Philippines,

Section 6

• Applicability to Certain Officials. – Pursuant to Section 6 of Article VII and Section 10 of Article VI of the Constitution, the salaries authorized herein for the President of the Philippines, Vice-President of the Philippines and Members of Congress shall take effect only after the expiration of the respective terms of the  present incumbents.

Salary Grade

• Modified Salary Schedule for Civilian Government Personnel. – The modified Salary Schedule for Civilian Personnel shall be as follows:

Salary Grade FIRST TRANCHE

Salary Grade SECOND TRANCHE

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Salary Grade THIRD TRANCHE

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Salary Grade FOURTH TRANCHE

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