EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 594 - AMENDING THE SALARY SCHEDULE PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 985

WHEREAS, pursuant to the mandate of the Constitution calling for the standardization of compensation of government personnel, Presidential Decree No. 985 otherwise referred to as the “Budgetary Reform Decree on Compensation and Position Classification of 1976” was promulgated;

WHEREAS, a Salary Schedule consisting of twenty-eight salary grades has been provided under Presidential Decree No. 985 which shall be used in the standardization of compensation of national government personnel;  

WHEREAS, the standardization of compensation of government personnel on the basis of the prevailing level of compensation in private industry in the country has been adopted as a national government policy;

WHEREAS, the results of the 1979 salary survey conducted by the National Government in private industry indicates a need to further increase government salaries; and

WHEREAS, there is now a need to revise the salary rates of the Salary Grade Schedule in P.D. No. 985 in view of the increases in salary rates for national government personnel based on the 1976 survey of salaries in private industry and the new minimum wage prescribed in P.D. No. 1614 effective May 1, 1979 and in anticipation of the implementation of further upward revision of national government salaries based on the results of the 1979 salary survey.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

Section 1. The Salary Schedule for the National Government, as provided under Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 985, is hereby revised as follows:  

THE SALARY SCHEDULE

Salary 1st   2nd    3rd 4th   5th 6th 7th 8th
grade step   step   step    step step step     step   step

1 P4860   P4860 P5112 P5376   P5640    P5928 P6240 P6552
2   5112    5376   5640    5928 6240    6552   6888 7236
3   5640   5928   6240   6552 6888 7236   7608   7992
4   6240   6552    6888   7236     7608   7992 8400   8832
5   6888   7236 7608   7992 8400   8832 9288 9756
6   7608 7992 8400   8832 9288    9756 10260 10776
7   8400 8832 9288 9756    10260 10776 11328 11904
8 9288 9756 10260 10776 11328 11904 12516 13152
9   10260 10776 11328 11904 12516 13152 13824 14532
10 11328 11904 12516 13152 13824 14532 15264 10644
11 12516 13152 13824 14532 15264 16044 16860 17724
12 13824 14532 15264 16044 16860 17724 18636 19584
13 15264 16044 16860 17724 18636 19584 20580 21624
14 16860 17724 18636 19584 20580 21624 22728 23892
15 18636 19584 20580 21624 22728 23892 25116 26388
16 20580 21624 22728 23892 25116 26388 27732 29148
17 22728 23892 25116 26388 27732 29148 30636 32196
18 25116 26388 27732 29148 30636 32196 33840 35568
19 27732 29148 30636 32196 33840 35568 37380 39288
20 30636 32196 33840 35568 37380 3299  41292 43392
21 33840 35568 37380 39288 41292 43392 45600 47928
22 37380 39288 41292 43392 45600 47928 50376 52944
23 41292 43392 45600 47928 50376 52944 55644 58476
24 45600 47928 50376 52944 55644 58476 61464 64596
25 50376 52944 55644 58476 61464 64596 67896 71364
26 55644 58476 61464 64596 67896 71364 75000 78828
27 61464 64596 67896 71364 75000 78828 82848 87072
28 67896 71364 75000 78828 82848 87072 91512 96180

Sec. 2. The Minister of the Budget shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the implementation of this Order.

Sec. 3. All Executive Orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed and or modified accordingly.

Sec. 4. This Order shall take effect on January 1, 1980.  

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, nineteen hundred and eighty.

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