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Philippines Salary and Benefits
Pay was poor but fairly competitive with the civilian economy
and the standard of living of the average Filipino, ensuring that
the AFP never lacked sufficient volunteers. Still, many soldiers
lived at or below the poverty line. The average private made the
equivalent of about US$50 a month, and not even senior officers
could afford to live lavishly on their salary alone. In apparent
recognition of the impact of poor pay on military morale, Aquino
authorized additional benefits and a pay increase that averaged
60 percent in the wake of the 1987 coup attempt. Benefits
included housing, medical and dental care, commissary privileges,
insurance, death benefits, and a retirement plan for service of
twenty to thirty years.
Data as of June 1991
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