Half of the ads sit inside the yellow box. The dashed line is the legal minimum. 63% of these ads come from one board — treat month-to-month changes with care.
What the construction trades ads show
Advertised pay for construction trades jobs in Metro Manila is tightly bunched, with the middle half of ads between ₱16,421 and ₱20,000, with the median (₱18,596) near the middle of that band. A quarter of the ads offer ₱16,421 or less, close to the NCR minimum wage of ₱16,421 a month. The average ad offers ₱26,199, 41% above the median, pulled up by a smaller group of higher offers.
Same job, other places
Same scale on every row · median and middle half · ₱ per month
Who is hiring and what they offer
Employers with at least 10 construction trades ads that state pay · 12 months to October 2026 · median and middle half · ₱ per month
Ads without an employer name are left out. The same company can appear twice when boards spell its name differently. All employers
Jobs that state the pay
Sorted by pay. The link opens the employer's own posting.
“Agency” means a staffing firm — you'd work at a client company. We never republish the ad; the link opens the original. How we read a salary line
Questions people ask
How much do construction trades jobs pay in Metro Manila?
In October 2026, the median advertised pay for construction trades in Metro Manila was ₱18,596 a month. Half of the 72 postings that stated pay offered between ₱16,421 and ₱20,000.
Is ₱18,596 a month good pay in Metro Manila?
It is 1.1 times the NCR minimum wage (₱16,421 a month at 755 pesos a day). This is advertised pay before deductions, not take-home.
Magkano ang sweldo ng construction trades sa Metro Manila?
Ang median na sweldo na nakasulat sa mga job ad noong October 2026 ay ₱18,596 kada buwan. Ang kalahati ng 72 job ads ay nag-aalok ng ₱16,421 hanggang ₱20,000.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 113 job postings across 9 Philippine job boards in October 2026, of which 64% stated a salary. Duplicates are removed and groups under 10 postings are not shown. The original ads are linked, never copied.
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