What is a typical nursing salary in the Philippines?

[student456]

Hi,

I was wondering what the typical nursing salary for an RN is in your country? Here in Canada in my province they start new BSCN grads at 26.80$ Canadian per hour...according to the internet thats like 1161 pesos per hour...so in a typical 8 hour shift it would be around 9288 pesos per day. I've met alot of nurses from phils that would say that the salary is better in the usa/canada but i never found out any information. Ive always wanted to visit overseas and was just wondering this about the phillipines.

Thank you

Muhaha

[Hushdawg]

Daly City RN has some excellent points here.

Best comparison I can think of is to break down two most basic expenses:

Rent and Groceries

Here in the Philippines the cost for an apartment in the Manila Metro area is PHP7000

Groceries monthly: P1000

The cost for an apartment equivalent size in southwestern Chicago is $600

Groceries: $130

The average nurse's salary in Metro Manila is PHP8500 monthly

The average for Southwestern Chicago is $4700 monthly

HUGE difference in the kind of standard of living that a nurse can afford in the USA versus the Philippines.

*Chicago figures based on 2006 when I last lived there

[bsrtbsn]

Daly City RN has some excellent points here.

Best comparison I can think of is to break down two most basic expenses:

Rent and Groceries

Here in the Philippines the cost for an apartment in the Manila Metro area is PHP7000

Groceries monthly: P1000

The cost for an apartment equivalent size in southwestern Chicago is $600

Groceries: $130

The average nurse's salary in Metro Manila is PHP8500 monthly

The average for Southwestern Chicago is $4700 monthly

HUGE difference in the kind of standard of living that a nurse can afford in the USA versus the Philippines.

*Chicago figures based on 2006 when I last lived there

huh??? 1000/month for groceries? where are you from again???

[bsrtbsn]

typical phil salary - Php 8,000/ month

apartment (cheapest studio)- 6,000

meralco - 1,000

water- 300

daily allowance-(100/day) 3,000

groceries for one person - 4,000

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14, 300.

do the math literally and figuratively

[Hushdawg]

Excellent breakdown.. although as someone who has just done apartment hunting all over Manila, let me remind the US readers that the P6,000 apartment is not only a studio but is smaller than most University dorm rooms and are not secure.

I think your groceries are high though. I typically go nuts at the market once a week and buy only a few things in the grocery store so my weekly expenses are about P350 for grocery and market combined for one person. That includes preparing for baon every other day to cut down on daily expenses.

I also argue over every price... I never pay the price that is offered.

[Daly City RN]

typical phil salary - Php 8,000/ month

apartment (cheapest studio)- 6,000

meralco - 1,000

water- 300

daily allowance-(100/day) 3,000

groceries for one person - 4,000

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14, 300.

do the math literally and figuratively

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Alright, let me give you Philippine-based nurses an imaginary Filipino-American registered nurse living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. This RN (male or female) is most probably married and has two school-aged children. Let's break down their imaginary income and imaginary expenses. (This is only one example of thousands of RNs living here but I'll try to be in the middle ground the best I could).

Earnings:

Fil-Am's nurse's monthly income.......$10,000/month.

Spouse's income..............................$7,000/month.

Total gross income...........................$17,000/month.

Total net income after deductions......$12,000/month. (estimate)

(most of the deductions go to Federal and State taxes. RN gets free or reduced cost for family's health, dental and eyeglasses insurance/coverage from the employer)

Major expenses:

Home mortgage...............................$2,000/month.

Electricity/heating/natural gas.........$150/month.

Garbage and water fees....................$150/month.

Groceries/Food................................$800/month. ($200/week)

RN's luxury car.................................$500/month. (Many RNs drive nice cars!)

Spouse's car....................................$300/month.

2 Car insurance................................$300/month.

Life insurance..................................$150/month ($1,800/yr. for 2 people)

Home insurance...............................$75/month.

Enterteinment.................................$100/month.

Restaurant......................................$150/month.

Children's private school tuition........$1,200/month.

Clothes............................................$200/month.

Other expenses (estimate)...............$200/month.

Total expenses.................................$6,275/month.

Savings...........................................$5,075/month.

(Monthly savings will be vastly reduced if the RN had bought a large home in the suburb just in the last few years. Monthly home mortgage could be $3,000/month or more. Real estate tax is payable once a year, or pay 50% of total twice a year to suit one's budget.)

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[Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN]

North east the pay is about 1/3 lower and expenses are about 1/3 hire.

California must be a great place to work, hard to get ahead in the Northeast.

[gambutrol]

private hospital nurses get lower salaries than their counterparts in the government.. I was once employed in a private hospital and they really (I mean really) pay their nurses quite low.. very disappointing indeed.. this is one of the reasons why I transferred to a public tertiary hospital.. good benefits and higher basic salary.. but I think UST Hospital is quite competitive with their salar.. for other private hospitals, hmmm I think governmnent hospitals still pay higher..

[unadunad]

In the phils. government pay higher salary,around 10,000-15,000(212-319 $) pesos a month and 6,000-8000 pesos (127-170$)for nurses working in private hospital.Just enough if you are single..

[bryanbogz]

that's the problem but who can say until when one can stay single? once the family life kicks in there's almost no way to make a 12-15k salary work. usually half of that goes to gasoline and electricity expenses already. What's worse is for us newly grads work doesn't come easy, I've been looking for a job for almost half a year now and still no luck, its either you pay for training or you get hired as a volunteer still with no pay, with that in mind how in the world are new nurses able to flourish in this country? its no wonder people look to the BPO industry for employment, they offer high pay and you just need to be able to learn their lingo to get in.