NCR RTWPB raises minimum daily pay by P50, benefiting 1.2M workers

The National Capital Region (NCR) Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved a P50 increase in the minimum daily pay for workers effective July 18, 2025.

This adjustment raises the non-agriculture sector's minimum wage to P695 per day from P645, while those in agriculture, service, and retail establishments with up to 15 employees, as well as manufacturing firms with fewer than 10 workers, will see their wages increase to P658 from P608.

DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma announced the increase on Monday, stating it is the highest ever granted by the NCR wage board and benefits approximately 1.2 million minimum wage workers.

The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) Executive Director Maria Criselda Sy explained that while the needs of Filipino families were considered, employers' capacity to pay was also taken into account before deciding on a P50 daily increase for Metro Manila's minimum wage earners.

Labor groups have welcomed the increase but continue to lobby for a P200 raise, and multiple lawmakers filed bills seeking further wage hikes in the 20th Congress.