Figure 1. Education establishments by Region, Philippines: 2016

• A total of 276,542 persons were working in the education industry in 2016, wherein 98.8 percent were paid employees and the remaining were working owners and unpaid workers. The sector had a boost of 10,729 manpower from 2016, or an increase of 4.0 percent in a year’s span.
• More than half of the total employment (58.8%) or 162,675 were in the higher education sector, followed by secondary education with 77,157 employees (27.9%). Primary/elementary education ranked third with 17,095 employees (6.2%). Pre-school education had the least number with 5,074 (1.8%).
• Primary education sector had the biggest increase in percentage from a year ago by 10.2 percent or 1,579 employees more in 2016. With the continuing implementation of the K-12 curriculum, the secondary education establishments gained an additional manpower of 4,163 workers or 5.7 percent more from 2015.
• On the regional level, National Capital Region (NCR) still remained with the highest employment with 80,146 (22.6%). Followed by CALABARZON with 42,254 total employees (18.9%). Central Luzon ranked third with 28,151 employees (12.5%). Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) had the least with a total of 2,994 total employees (1.3%) in private educational establishments.

Figure 2. Distribution of total employment by education sector, Philippines: 2016

• Total employment among private educational establishments declined in regions Caraga (13.8%) Northern Mindanao (5.2%), Central Luzon (5.0%) and Bicol (2.0%), while a noticeable increase in workers were recorded in Central Visayas establishments (32.9%), all in a year’s period.

Employees of educational support services are the highest paid

• Total compensation paid by education sector amounted to PHP 72.1 billion, translating to an average annual compensation of PHP 263,831 per paid employee.
• Across industry group, higher education services paid the highest average annual compensation of PHP301,411 per paid employee, followed by other educational support services with PHP226,787 average pay per year. On the other hand, employees of establishments providing primary education had the lowest average annual pay of PHP167,633.
• Among regions, NCR had the largest share of compensation, with PHP31.0 billion, translating to an average annual compensation of PHP387,609 per paid employee. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Negros Island Region followed, with an average annual compensation of PHP255,048 and PHP245,000 per employee, respectively. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) recorded the least average annual compensation of only PHP155,785 per worker.
• Compensation in the industry was 51.1 percent of the total expense spent by education establishments in 2016. Expenditures to pay education workers had an increment of 4.5 percent from 2015.

Figure 4. Average annual compensation per paid employees by industry group, Philippines: 2016 (in thousands)

 

• Subsidies from government to education establishments in 2016 reached PHP2.5 billion. Secondary/high school education received the highest grant from the government amounting to PHP1.4 billion (57.48%), followed by higher education with PHP743.5 million or 29.8 percent share of the total subsidies for the sector. The least subsidy was received by pre-primary/pre-school education amounting to PHP4.71 million (0.19%).
• All the regions received subsidies from the government in 2016. CALABARZON was granted the largest with PHP458.0 million, followed by Central Luzon with PHP432.8 million and NCR as third with PHP401.70 million. Negros Island region got the least subsidy with PHP11.0 million.

 

Establishment is an economic unit under a single ownership and control, i. e. under a single entity, engaged in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed location.

 

Economic activity is the establishment’s source of income. If the establishment is engaged in several activities, its main economic activity is that which earns the biggest income or revenue.

 

Total employment is the number of persons who worked in for the establishment as of November 15, 2016.

 

Paid employees are all persons working in the establishment and receiving pay, as well as those working away from the establishment paid by and under the control of the establishment. Included are all employees on sick leave, paid vacation or holiday. Excluded are consultants, home workers, receiving pure commissions only, and workers on indefinite leave.

 

Compensation is the sum of salaries and wages, separation/retirement/terminal pay, gratuities, and payments made by the employer in behalf of the employees such as contribution to SSS/GSIS, ECC, PhilHealth, Pag-ibig, etc.

 

Salaries and wages are payments in cash or in kind to all employees, prior to deductions for employee’s contributions to SSS/GSIS, withholding tax, etc. Included are total basic pay, overtime pay and other benefits.

 

Expense refers to cost incurred by the establishment during the year whether paid or payable. This is treated on a consumed basis. Valuation is at purchaser price including taxes and other charges, net of rebates, returns and allowances. Goods and services received by the establishment from other establishments of the same enterprise are valued as though purchased.

 

Subsidies are all special grants in the form of financial assistance or tax exemption or tax privilege given by the government to aid and develop an industry.