Half of the ads sit inside the yellow box. The dashed line is the legal minimum.
What the general helper ads show
Advertised pay for general helper jobs in Metro Manila is tightly bunched, with the middle half of ads between ₱16,421 and ₱19,394, with the median (₱17,785) 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 mix of job boards changed from September, so this month's figure is not compared with the last.
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 general helper 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 general helper jobs pay in Metro Manila?
In October 2026, the median advertised pay for general helper in Metro Manila was ₱17,785 a month. Half of the 44 postings that stated pay offered between ₱16,421 and ₱19,394.
Is ₱17,785 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 general helper sa Metro Manila?
Ang median na sweldo na nakasulat sa mga job ad noong October 2026 ay ₱17,785 kada buwan. Ang kalahati ng 44 job ads ay nag-aalok ng ₱16,421 hanggang ₱19,394.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 70 job postings across 9 Philippine job boards in October 2026, of which 63% 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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