Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

March 2, 2023 Dear Jessiel Comendador, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 02, 2023 12:31:39 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for The number of Reported Cost of Living in Davao Region and Current minimum wage rate in Davao Regio. Your FOI request is approved. In reference to your data request, please be informed that we do not have specific data on cost of living. Our data on this is limited to the results of our Family Income and Expenditure Survey: Highlights of the Preliminary Results of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 1: https://psa.gov.ph/content/highlights-preliminary-results-2021-family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-visit-1 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Publication: https://psa.gov.ph/content/family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-0 You may refer to Table 2. Total and Average Annual Family Income and Expenditure by Income Class and by Region: 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/FIES%202018%20Final%20Report.pdf For data on wages, you may check our available data as follows: a) Occupational Wages Survey Statistical Report: https://psa.gov.ph/content/occupational-wages-survey-statistical-reporthttps://psa.gov.ph/occupational-wages-survey b) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 11: LABOR and EMPLOYMENT:https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 11.23 Wage Orders/Implementing Rules Issued by the Regional Boards: As of 16 September 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_23.xlsx Table 11.24 Average Monthly Wage Rates in Selected Industries of Time-Rate Workers on Full-time Basis in Selected Industries and Occupations, Philippines: As of July 2016: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_24.xlsx Occupational Wages Survey (OWS): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1B__OWS/?tablelist=true For more information on this, you may also coordinate with the National Wages and Productivity Commission: https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/stats/summary-of-daily-minimum-wage-rates-per-wage-order-by-region-non-agriculture-1989-present/ Summary of Current Regional Daily Minimum Wage Rates by Region, Non-Agriculture and Agriculture- https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/stats/summary-of-current-regional-daily-minimum-wage-rates-by-region-non-agriculture-and-agriculture/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service