The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in the Philippines in 2014

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Everyone aspires to land a high-paying job. While most of us decide to earn a living overseas to elevate the living standard of our families, others choose to stay in our country and explore different career opportunities locally.

Jobstreet’s recent report on the top 10 highest paying jobs in the Philippines may just help you assess if you’re paid fairly in the industry you are in based on your experience. For job seekers, this may just lead you to the industry that can potentially earn you big bucks!

Fresh Graduates

With Boracay and Cebu offered to the world, it is no wonder that the top paying industry in the country is travel and tourism at PHP 20,629. If you are thinking of taking up a course, this should be your first choice.

However, if you have graduated in other courses, don’t fret. Here are the rest of the highest paying industries for fresh graduates.

Rank Job Average Monthly Salary (PHP) 1 Travel and Tourism 20,629 2 Telecommunication 19,975 3 Computer / Information Technology (Hardware) 18,963 4 Hotel / Hospitality 18,940 5 Computer / Information Technology (Software) 18,863 6 Healthcare / Medical 18,837 7 Call Center / IT Enabled Services / BPO 17,711 8 Banking / Financial Services 17,503 9 Law and Legal 16,845 10 Education 16,557

With1-4 Years of Experience

Hurray to the engineers in the oil and gas industry with one to four years of experience. From being on the eighth spot for fresh graduates, the banking and financial services industry, namely accountant, is one of the most in demand jobs in the Philippines.

Rank Job Average Monthly Salary (PHP) 1 Oil and Gas Engineering 40,878 2 Aircraft Maintenance 33,564 3 IT 32,873 4 Instrumentation 25,650 5 Tech Support 25,634 6 Journalist 25,560 7 Public Relations 25,078 8 Chemical Engineering 25,008 9 Executive Assistant 24,961 10 Quantity Surveying 24,841

Supervisors (5 years+ experience)

For supervisors or employees with a minimum of five years of working experience, the top four industries are technology-related occupations such as IT, engineers, database admin and tech support respectively. The rest of the industry in the list, except for microbiology are all business-related.

Rank Job Average Monthly Salary (PHP) 1 IT 55,701 2 Engineer 42,548 3 Database Admin 37,985 4 Tech Support 35,999 5 Actuarial Science 35,320 6 Microbiologist 32,999 7 Accountant 32,725 8 Legal Services 32,312 9 Advertising 31,809 10 Public Relations 30,740

Managers

Managers require both business expertise and management skills, hence, the higher salary scale. The top 10 industries for managers are a mix of technology and business industries.

Rank Job Average Monthly Salary (PHP) 1 Technical Support 115,000 2 QA 107,205 3 Quantity Surveying 95,859 4 Oil and Gas Engineer 86,416 5 Top Management 81,348 6 Aircraft Maintenance 79,041 7 Legal Services 78,819 8 Communication 72,446 9 IT 67,509 10 Nurse 66,614

Senior Managers

Going up the hierarchy, the senior managers,who can demand higher salaries, are paid the most in the quality control industry. . It is also interesting to note that Pharmacy was not on any of the above lists, but ranks fourth in senior managerial positions.

Rank Job Average Monthly Salary (PHP) 1 Quality Control 253,000 2 Logistics 220,000 3 IT 203,000 4 Pharmacy 200,000 5 Legal Services 189,375 6 Advertising 181,500 7 Training and Development 180,000 8 Corporate Strategy 177,133 9 HR 167,250 10 Marketing 151,500

If you are in the midst of deciding what course to pursue in university, or thinking of changing your career path, perhaps the lists above can help you chart a course to a prosperous future ahead.

The information presented above is taken from Jobstreet based on the salary posted by employers from January 1to March 2013. The sample size is based on 80,000 employers and over 10 million jobseekers in the Philippines

*All the amounts quoted are in Philippine Peso.