The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) issued Budget Circular No. 2021-2, to provide the guidelines on the upgrading of the salary grade (SG) of Nurse II positions from SG-15 to SG-16, as well as the retention of position attributes of previous Nurse III to Nurse VII with their corresponding SG.
This is pursuant to Section 32 of Republic Act (RA) No. 9173 or the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.
On June 1, 2021, the Office of the President (OP), per the Memorandum of the Executive Secretary, directed the DBM to take the necessary action to implement the upgrading of the former Nurse II position by one (1) SG, i.e., from SG-15 to SG-16, as well as the retention of the position titles of Nurse III to Nurse VII with their corresponding SGs.
The Circular shall cover all previous Nurse II to Nurse VII positions.
The following are excluded from the coverage of this Circular:
- Nurses in government agencies, including GOCCs, that are exempted from RA No. 6758, as amended, as expressly provided in their respective enabling law or charter, and are actually implementing their respective CPCS approved by the President of the Philippines;
- Nurses in GOCCs covered by the CPCS established by the Governance Commission for GOCCs and approved by the President of the Philippines, under RA No. 10149 or the “GOCC Governance Act of 2011“; and
- Nurses hired without employee-employer relationship and funded from non-Personnel Services (PS) appropriations/budgets.
The salaries of the incumbents of former Nurse II positions and currently occupying Nurse I/SG-15 items, i.e., those who were appointed as Nurse II prior to the implementation of BC No. 2020-4, shall be adjusted at the same salary steps as those of the previous SG allocation of their positions.
Nurse Salary in the Philippines
Prior to BC No. 2020-4 | BC No. 2020-4 effective January 01, 2020 | BC No. 2021-2 effective June 1, 2021 | |
Nurse 1 | Salary Grade 11 | Salary Grade 15 | Salary Grade 15 |
Nurse II | Salary Grade 15 | Salary Grade 15 | Salary Grade 16 |
Nurse III | Salary Grade 17 | Salary Grade 17 | Salary Grade 17 |
Nurse IV | Salary Grade 19 | Salary Grade 19 | Salary Grade 19 |
Nurse V | Salary Grade 20 | Salary Grade 20 | Salary Grade 20 |
Nurse VI | Salary Grade 22 | Salary Grade 22 | Salary Grade 22 |
Nurse VII | Salary Grade 24 | Salary Grade 24 | Salary Grade 24 |
Salary Grade 2023 Table for Nurses in the Government
(Effective January 1, 2023)
Position | Salary Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
Nursing Attendant I | 4 | 15,586 | 15,706 | 15,827 | 15,948 | 16,071 | 16,193 | 16,318 | 16,443 |
Nursing Attendant II | 6 | 17,553 | 17,688 | 17,824 | 17,962 | 18,100 | 18,238 | 18,379 | 18,520 |
Ward Assistant | 7 | 18,620 | 18,763 | 18,907 | 19,053 | 19,198 | 19,346 | 19,494 | 19,644 |
Nurse I | 15 | 36,619 | 36,997 | 37,380 | 37,768 | 38,160 | 38,557 | 38,959 | 39,367 |
Nurse II | 16 | 39,672 | 40,088 | 40,509 | 40,935 | 41,367 | 41,804 | 42,247 | 42,694 |
Nurse III | 17 | 43,030 | 43,488 | 43,951 | 44,420 | 44,895 | 45,376 | 45,862 | 46,355 |
Nurse IV | 19 | 51,357 | 52,096 | 52,847 | 53,610 | 54,386 | 55,174 | 55,976 | 56,790 |
Nurse V | 20 | 57,347 | 58,181 | 59,030 | 59,892 | 60,769 | 61,660 | 62,565 | 63,485 |
Nurse VI | 22 | 71,511 | 72,577 | 73,661 | 74,762 | 75,881 | 77,019 | 78,175 | 79,349 |
Nurse VII | 24 | 90,078 | 91,548 | 93,043 | 94,562 | 96,105 | 97,674 | 99,268 | 100,888 |
Effective January 1, 2023, the salary grade of nurses and its equivalent amount is as follows:
- Nurse 1 (SG15)- The Salary Grade for Nurse I is SG 15 equivalent to P36,619
- Nurse II (SG 16)- The Salary Grade for Nurse II is SG 16 which amounts to P39,672
- Nurse III (SG 17)- The Salary Grade for Nurse III is SG 17 equivalent to P43,030
- Nurse IV (SG 19)- The Salary Grade for Nurse IV is SG 17 which amounts to P51,357
- Nurse V (SG 20)- The Salary Grade for Nurse V is SG 20 which corresponds to P57,347
- Nurse VI (SG 22)- The Salary Grade for Nurse VI is SG 22 which amounts to P71,511
- Nurse VII (SG 24)- The Salary Grade for Nurse VII is SG 24 which amounts to P90,078
Read about the Salary Standardization Law here, which aims to increase government employees’ salary in four tranches from 2020 until 2023.