Employees specializing in IT are the highest paid ones, according to the Annual Salary Report 2015 of Jobstreet.com Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Looking for a job or specialization that pays well? The latest report of an online job search site listed the top 10 highest-paying ones that might suit you.
According to the Annual Salary Report 2015 of Jobstreet.com Philippines, employees who specialize in IT-software and in IT-network or database administration receive the highest average monthly salaries, placing consistently in the top two across 3 position levels.
Jobstreet.com Philippines released the report to “help candidates and employees gauge if they are getting paid competitively, while advising them of which jobs are generous in terms of compensation.”
Among junior executives, or those with one to 4 years of work experience, practitioners of law or legal services, actuarial science, and electronics and communications engineering join the IT specialists in the top 5 best-paid employees.
Top-paying Specializations for Junior Executives
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
The same specializations comprise the 5 highest-paid in the supervisory level (for employees with 5 or more years of work experience), with the exception of actuarial science. Customer service supervisors placed 5th in the list.
Top-paying Specializations for Supervisors
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
Meanwhile, those specializing in IT software, IT network/database administration, customer service, technical and helpdesk support, and architecture and interior design make up the top 5 highest-paid professionals at the managerial level.
Top-paying Specializations for Assistant Managers/Managers
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
The report was based on actual salaries offered by employers in their job postings on jobstreet.com.ph from October 1 to December 31, 2014.
The salaries exclude other forms of compensation, like leave credits, medical benefits, insurance, and incentives.
Jobstreet.com Philippines also shifted its approach to listing down the top-paying specializations in this year’s report, from ranking the top-paying industries last year.
“After all,” it said, “the first thing Filipinos consider when looking for a job is the fit between the available opportunity to their field of study, skills, and interests.” – Rappler.com
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