Half of the ads sit inside the yellow box. The dashed line is the legal minimum.
What the mechanical / electrical engineer ads show
The middle half of mechanical / electrical engineer ads in Metro Manila runs from ₱17,901 to ₱28,000, with the median (₱24,000) near the middle of that band. A quarter of the ads offer ₱17,901 or less, close to the NCR minimum wage of ₱16,421 a month. Remote jobs for overseas clients (nationwide) pay more: their median of ₱82,000 is 3.4 times the Metro Manila local-employer median of ₱24,000.
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 mechanical / electrical engineer 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 mechanical / electrical engineer jobs pay in Metro Manila?
In October 2026, the median advertised pay for mechanical / electrical engineer in Metro Manila was ₱24,000 a month. Half of the 122 postings that stated pay offered between ₱17,901 and ₱28,000.
Is ₱24,000 a month good pay in Metro Manila?
It is 1.5 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 mechanical / electrical engineer sa Metro Manila?
Ang median na sweldo na nakasulat sa mga job ad noong October 2026 ay ₱24,000 kada buwan. Ang kalahati ng 122 job ads ay nag-aalok ng ₱17,901 hanggang ₱28,000.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 241 job postings across 9 Philippine job boards in October 2026, of which 51% 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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