DepEd announces expected salary increase of public school teachers in 2019

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the expected salary increase of public school teachers for 2019.

DepEd releases expected salary increase of public school teachers in 2019

DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones was joined by Usec. Anne Sevilla, Usec. Nepomuceno Malaluan, and Usec. Josephine Maribojoc to give updates in a press conference on Wednesday.

A total of 913,083 public school teachers are expected to receive a salary increase for the final tranche of the Salary Standardization Law (SSL).

Following Executive Order No. 201 or the “MODIFYING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL,” the 2016 Salary Standardization Law was prescribed for civilian and uniformed personnel.

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Under the SSL, government personnel including teachers under DepEd will be entitled to salary increase given in four (4) tranches starting January 1, 2016. After the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tranches, public school teachers should be receiving their 4th tranche of salary increase effective January 1, 2019.

Here is the DepEd Teachers Salary Grade for the SSL 4th tranche (2019):

Teaching Related Personnel	Fourth Tranche Salary	Third Tranche Salary	Monthly amount increase	Yearly Amount Increase	% Salary Increase
Teacher I	20,754	20,179	575	6,900	2.77%
Teacher II	22,938	22,149	789	9,468	3.44%
Teacher III	25,232	24,224	1,008	12,096	3.99%
Master Teacher I	40,637	38,085	2,552	30,624	6.28%
Master Teacher II	45,269	42,099	3,170	38,040	7.00%
Master Teacher III	51,155	47,037	4,118	49,416	8.05%

Refer below for the full list of Salary Grade:

Salary Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8
1	11,068	11,160	11,254	11,348	11,443	11,538	11,635	11,732
2	11,761	11,851	11,942	12,034	12,126	12,219	12,313	12,407
3	12,466	12,562	12,658	12,756	12,854	12,952	13,052	13,152
4	13,214	13,316	13,418	13,521	13,625	13,729	13,835	13,941
5	14,007	14,115	14,223	14,332	14,442	14,553	14,665	14,777
6	14,847	14,961	15,076	15,192	15,309	15,426	15,545	15,664
7	15,738	15,859	15,981	16,104	16,227	16,352	16,477	16,604
8	16,758	16,910	17,063	17,217	17,372	17,529	17,688	17,848
9	17,975	18,125	18,277	18,430	18,584	18,739	18,896	19,054
10	19,233	19,394	19,556	19,720	19,884	20,051	20,218	20,387
11	20,754	21,038	21,327	21,619	21,915	22,216	22,520	22,829
12	22,938	23,222	23,510	23,801	24,096	24,395	24,697	25,003
13	25,232	25,545	25,861	26,181	26,506	26,834	27,166	27,503
14	27,755	28,099	28,447	28,800	29,156	29,517	29,883	30,253
15	30,531	30,909	31,292	31,680	32,072	32,469	32,871	33,279
16	33,584	34,000	34,421	34,847	35,279	35,716	36,159	36,606
17	36,942	37,400	37,863	38,332	38,807	39,288	39,774	40,267
18	40,637	41,140	41,650	42,165	42,688	43,217	43,752	44,294
19	45,269	46,008	46,759	47,522	48,298	49,086	49,888	50,702
20	51,155	51,989	52,838	53,700	54,577	55,468	56,373	57,293
21	57,805	58,748	59,707	60,681	61,672	62,678	63,701	64,741
22	65,319	66,385	67,469	68,570	69,689	70,827	71,983	73,157
23	73,811	75,015	76,240	77,484	78,749	80,034	81,340	82,668
24	83,406	84,767	86,151	87,557	88,986	90,439	91,915	93,415
25	95,083	96,635	98,212	99,815	101,444	103,100	104,783	106,493
26	107,444	109,197	110,980	112,791	114,632	116,503	118,404	120,337
27	121,411	123,393	125,407	127,454	129,534	131,648	133,797	135,981
28	137,195	139,434	141,710	144,023	146,373	148,763	151,191	153,658
29	155,030	157,561	160,132	162,746	165,402	168,102	170,845	173,634
30	175,184	178,043	180,949	183,903	186,904	189,955	193,055	196,206
31	257,809	262,844	267,978	273,212	278,549	283,989	289,536	295,191
32	307,365	313,564	319,887	326,338	332,919	339,633	346,483	353,470
33	388,096	399,739

Delay in release of wage hike

Sevilla announced that there is a delay in the releasing of teachers’ wage hike due to Congress’ failure to approve the 2019 national budget.

Sevilla explained, “2019 is the last year of the tranches, nun pong increase na na-approve during the time of President Benigno Aquino and dahil last na po ito, hindi naman po kasama 'yan sa 2018 budget at pag nag-reenact tayo ng 2018 [budget], wala 'yung provision ng fourth tranche.”

The undersecretary said that they will have to wait until the General Appropriations Act of 2019 gets the nod of approval, most likely before March.

— Sally, The Summit Express

DepEd announces expected salary increase of public school teachers in 2019

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