Nurse Salary Grade in the Philippines

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.