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FMJ hiked govt workers’ salaries, benefits
By Nidz Godino
“Given prevailing economic circumstances, including erosion of purchasing power due to inflation, there is need to update salaries and benefits of government personnel in order to maintain competent, committed, agile and healthy workforce, thereby promoting social justice, integrity, efficiency, accountability and excellence, and ultimately translating to increased productivity and higher quality public service,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.said citing “prevailing economic circumstances” and need to maintain “competent, agile and healthy” public workforce, issued executive order (EO) raising salaries of civilian government personnel and authorizing grant of additional allowance to those deemed qualified.
Signed for the President on Aug. 2 by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, EO 64 details salary increase for all civilian government personnel in executive, legislative and judicial branches as well as in constitutional commissions and other constitutional offices.
Wage increase, according to EO 64, also covers personnel of government-owned or -controlled corporations not covered by Republic Act 10149 or “GOCC Governance Act of 2011” and EO 150 on compensation classification issued in 2021.
Updated salary schedule will be implemented in national government agencies in four tranches. First tranche takes effect retroactively on Jan. 1 this year, second on Jan. 1, 2025, third and fourth on same date in 2026 and 2027, the Presidential Communications Office said in statement.
EO 64 takes effect immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Aside from salary increase, qualified government employees will receive medical allowance of P7,000 per annum as subsidy for health maintenance organization-type benefits, it said.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will issue guidelines for implementing specific provisions of EO 64.
Marcos announced salary increase for state workers during his third State of the Nation Address last month.
DBM earlier said P36 billion had been allocated for Personnel Services expenditures under 2024 General Appropriations Act.
Total of P70 billion, meanwhile, has been allotted in 2025 National Expenditure Program to ensure implementation of the first and second tranches of salary increase.
Wage increase for government workers is expected to benefit 165,007 sub-professionals; 1,170,647 professionals such as teachers and lawyers and 22,640 personnel in executive functions, DBM said.
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