Every peso of an elected official's salary is public money, and the schedule behind it is public too. It runs on the same Salary Grade system as the rest of the civilian government — the President sits at the top of the same 33-grade ladder as a Municipal Councilor.
The figures below use the Third Tranche Monthly Salary Schedule under Executive Order No. 64, s. 2024, effective January 1, 2026, as issued by the DBM in National Budget Circular No. 601. All amounts are Step 1 — the entry step for a grade, which is what a newly elected official starts on.
- ₱449,157 President — Salary Grade 33
- ₱300,961 Senator or Congressman — SG 31
- ₱210,718 Governor or city mayor — SG 30
- ₱102,603 Municipal councilor — SG 24
What Every Elected Official Earns, Side by Side
Monthly basic salary at Step 1, 2026 schedule
Step 1 rates for a first-class LGU. Notice the jump from governor to congressman — one rung on the ladder, roughly ₱90,000 a month. A Punong Barangay tops out at less than a tenth of the President's salary.
How Much Do Barangay Officials Earn?
Barangay officials are the exception to everything below. They do not receive a salary and they are not assigned a salary grade. They receive honoraria, which the Sangguniang Barangay sets by ordinance out of barangay funds.
The amount sits between a floor and a ceiling. The Local Government Code (Republic Act No. 7160) sets the floor: ₱1,000 per month for the Punong Barangay and ₱600 for the Sangguniang Barangay members, Barangay Secretary, and Barangay Treasurer. Local Budget Circular No. 63 sets the ceiling, expressed as a salary grade:
| Position | Ceiling | Maximum Monthly | Legal Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punong Barangay | SG 14, Step 1 | ₱38,764 | ₱1,000 |
| Sangguniang Barangay Member (Kagawad) | SG 10, Step 1 | ₱26,917 | ₱600 |
| Barangay Secretary | SG 10, Step 1 | ₱26,917 | ₱600 |
| Barangay Treasurer | SG 10, Step 1 | ₱26,917 | ₱600 |
Two things move that maximum. First, Local Budget Circular No. 172 provides that the ceilings follow the salary schedule adopted by the municipality or city the barangay belongs to — so a barangay inside a fifth-class municipality works off the 70% schedule, putting the Punong Barangay ceiling closer to ₱27,135. Second, barangay personal services spending cannot exceed 55% of the barangay's income from local sources in the preceding year, under Section 331(b) of RA 7160.
Why we do not publish one barangay figure
The numbers above are ceilings, not salaries. What a Punong Barangay actually receives is fixed by an appropriation ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Barangay, within whatever the barangay can afford. A well-funded barangay in a first-class city may pay close to the ceiling; a small rural barangay may sit near the ₱1,000 floor. Anyone quoting a single nationwide number for barangay officials is guessing.
How Much Do Mayors Earn?
This is where most people are surprised: there is no single mayor's salary. Two mayors on the same salary grade can take home very different amounts, and a "mayor" can sit on any of three different rungs depending on what kind of LGU they lead.
A highly urbanized city mayor outranks a component city mayor by two full salary grades — and a component city mayor is paid exactly what a highly urbanized city's vice mayor gets. The colour bands below track that split.
- Highly urbanized city
- Component city
- Municipality
| Position | Salary Grade | Monthly (Step 1, 100%) |
|---|---|---|
| City Mayor (highly urbanized) | SG 30 | ₱210,718 |
| City Vice Mayor (highly urbanized) | SG 28 | ₱167,129 |
| City Councilor (highly urbanized) | SG 27 | ₱148,940 |
| City Mayor (component city) | SG 28 | ₱167,129 |
| City Vice Mayor (component city) | SG 26 | ₱131,807 |
| City Councilor (component city) | SG 25 | ₱116,643 |
| Municipal Mayor | SG 27 | ₱148,940 |
| Municipal Vice Mayor | SG 25 | ₱116,643 |
| Municipal Councilor (Sangguniang Bayan) | SG 24 | ₱102,603 |
Mayor vs mayor — the same job title, three pay grades
Before the income class discount below is applied. A highly urbanized city is independent of any province; a component city still falls under one.
The Income Class Discount
Local Budget Circular No. 172 sets the percentage of the national schedule an LGU may pay, based on its income classification under Republic Act No. 11964, the Automatic Income Classification of Local Government Units Act:
| Income Class | Provinces & Cities | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|
| Special Cities | 100% | — |
| 1st Class | 100% | 90% |
| 2nd Class | 95% | 85% |
| 3rd Class | 90% | 80% |
| 4th Class | 85% | 75% |
| 5th Class | 80% | 70% |
What a mayor actually takes home, by type of LGU
All four are mayors. The municipal figures apply SG 27 at 90%, 80%, and 70% respectively.
There is a second brake on top of this. Under Section 325 of the Local Government Code, total personal services spending cannot exceed 45% of an LGU's regular income for first to third class LGUs, or 55% for fourth class and below. An LGU that cannot fund the increase within that cap simply does not grant it — which is why the tranche reaches different towns at different times.
How Much Do Governors and Provincial Officials Earn?
Provincial officials sit one tier above municipal ones, and the same income-class percentage applies — a first-class province pays 100% of the schedule, a fifth-class province 80%.
| Position | Salary Grade | Monthly (Step 1, 100%) |
|---|---|---|
| Provincial Governor | SG 30 | ₱210,718 |
| Provincial Vice Governor | SG 28 | ₱167,129 |
| Board Member (Sangguniang Panlalawigan) | SG 27 | ₱148,940 |
A governor and the mayor of a highly urbanized city are both SG 30. A governor of a third-class province, at 90%, earns ₱189,646 — less than a mayor of a first-class city, despite governing far more people.
Are There Elected Regional Officials?
Almost everywhere in the country, no. The Philippines has seventeen regions, but sixteen of them are administrative groupings, not governments. Nobody votes for a "Region VII official." Regional directors of national agencies are career appointees paid on the same salary grade table, not elected.
There is exactly one exception, and it is a genuine one.
The BARMM Exception
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is the only region in the Philippines with its own elected regional government. It runs on a parliamentary system inside a presidential republic, established by Republic Act No. 11054, the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
That changes three things at once:
- Who sets the pay. The Bangsamoro Parliament determines the salaries of its own members. Congress and the DBM do not set them directly.
- Who issues the circular. BARMM implemented its own version of the 2026 third tranche through Bangsamoro Budget Circular No. 2026-004, issued by its Ministry of Finance, Budget and Management — not by the DBM.
- Where the money comes from. The region has fiscal autonomy, funded largely by an annual block grant automatically transferred from the national government, equal to 5% of net BIR and Bureau of Customs collections from three fiscal years prior.
The Ceilings Written Into the Organic Law
Parliament's power over its own pay is not unlimited. RA 11054 caps it by reference to posts elsewhere in government:
| Position | Ceiling Set by RA 11054 | Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Parliament | Not higher than a Provincial Governor | Up to SG 30 — ₱210,718 |
| Speaker of Parliament | One salary grade above a Member | Up to SG 31 — ₱300,961 |
| Deputy Chief Ministers | One salary grade above a Member | Up to SG 31 — ₱300,961 |
| Chief Minister | Not more than a Member of Congress | Up to SG 31 — ₱300,961 |
The delayed-raise rule
RA 11054 carries a safeguard the national government also uses: no increase in the compensation of Members of Parliament takes effect until after the full term of all the members who approved it has expired. A parliament cannot vote itself a raise it will actually collect.
These are ceilings, not published payslips. The exact figure for a given post depends on what Parliament has enacted, so treat the right-hand column as the legal maximum rather than a confirmed amount.
How Much Do Senators and Congressmen Earn?
National legislators are on SG 31. The leadership of each chamber sits one grade higher, at SG 32 — the same grade as the Vice President and the Chief Justice.
| Position | Salary Grade | Monthly (Step 1) |
|---|---|---|
| President | SG 33 | ₱449,157 |
| Vice President | SG 32 | ₱356,237 |
| Senate President | SG 32 | ₱356,237 |
| Speaker of the House | SG 32 | ₱356,237 |
| Senator | SG 31 | ₱300,961 |
| House Representative | SG 31 | ₱300,961 |
Basic salary is only part of the picture at this level. Legislators also receive allowances and maintenance funds that are budgeted separately and are not part of the salary schedule — they show up in the General Appropriations Act, not in the salary grade table.
The Full Salary Grade Table for 2026
Every figure above comes from this one schedule. These are Step 1 rates effective January 1, 2026 for national government civilian personnel; each grade has eight steps, and officials move up steps with length of service.
| Salary Grade | Monthly (Step 1) | Salary Grade | Monthly (Step 1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SG 1 | ₱14,634 | SG 18 | ₱53,818 |
| SG 2 | ₱15,522 | SG 19 | ₱59,153 |
| SG 3 | ₱16,486 | SG 20 | ₱66,052 |
| SG 4 | ₱17,506 | SG 21 | ₱73,303 |
| SG 5 | ₱18,581 | SG 22 | ₱81,796 |
| SG 6 | ₱19,716 | SG 23 | ₱91,306 |
| SG 7 | ₱20,914 | SG 24 | ₱102,603 |
| SG 8 | ₱22,423 | SG 25 | ₱116,643 |
| SG 9 | ₱24,329 | SG 26 | ₱131,807 |
| SG 10 | ₱26,917 | SG 27 | ₱148,940 |
| SG 11 | ₱31,705 | SG 28 | ₱167,129 |
| SG 12 | ₱33,947 | SG 29 | ₱187,531 |
| SG 13 | ₱36,125 | SG 30 | ₱210,718 |
| SG 14 | ₱38,764 | SG 31 | ₱300,961 |
| SG 15 | ₱42,178 | SG 32 | ₱356,237 |
| SG 16 | ₱45,694 | SG 33 | ₱449,157 |
| SG 17 | ₱49,562 |
A fourth and final tranche under EO No. 64 takes effect on January 1, 2027, so every figure on this page rises once more before the schedule settles.
Do Elected Officials Pay Income Tax?
Yes. Their salaries are compensation income and are subject to withholding tax exactly like a private-sector payslip, with SSS replaced by GSIS. At SG 31 and above, the annual taxable income lands squarely in the 35% top bracket under the TRAIN Law.
You can run any of these figures through our Income Tax Calculator to see the withholding on a given monthly salary, or read the withholding tax guide for how the computation works step by step.
Key Takeaways
- Elected officials are paid from the same 33-grade schedule as the rest of the civilian government, currently the third tranche of EO No. 64, s. 2024.
- Local officials rarely receive 100% of the schedule — the LGU's income class sets the percentage, from 100% down to 70%.
- Barangay officials receive honoraria, not salaries, and there is no single nationwide figure.
- BARMM is the only region with elected regional officials, and its Parliament sets its own pay within ceilings written into RA 11054.
- A fourth tranche lands on January 1, 2027, raising every figure here.
Sources
- DBM National Budget Circular No. 601 — Third Tranche Monthly Salary Schedule, effective January 1, 2026 (Annex A)
- DBM Local Budget Circular No. 172 — third tranche for local government personnel, including the income class percentages
- Executive Order No. 64, s. 2024 — authorizing the four-tranche compensation adjustment for civilian government personnel
- Republic Act No. 11054 — Bangsamoro Organic Law, on Parliament compensation and fiscal autonomy
- DBM Local Budget Circular No. 63 — Position Classification and Compensation of Barangay Officials and Personnel (honoraria ceilings)
- Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code) — Section 393 barangay honoraria floor, Sections 325 and 331(b) personal services limitations
- Republic Act No. 11964 — Automatic Income Classification of Local Government Units Act
- DBM Index of Occupational Services, Position Titles and Salary Grades in the Local Government (IOS-LGU) — salary grade allocations for local elective posts