Official pay scales
Public sector pay scales
Government and health-service pay is set in published tables. We take each table straight from the body that publishes it, check every figure, and add what the official tables leave out: what you actually take home.
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United States · federal staff
GS pay scale 2026 →The General Schedule for every grade and step: $22,584 to $164,301 base pay, locality pay for all 58 areas up to the $197,200 cap, a calculator and take-home pay at every grade.
Source: OPM salary tables. Next update: late December (2027 tables).
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United States · armed forces
Military pay chart 2026 →Monthly basic pay for every grade and years of service after the 3.8% raise: $2,407.2 for an E-1 up to the $18,999.9 cap, with drill pay, BAS, take-home and the 2027 raise.
Source: Executive Order 14368. Next update: late December (2027 table).
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United Kingdom · NHS staff
NHS pay bands 2026/27 →Every Agenda for Change band and pay point in England after the 3.3% rise, from £25,272 at band 2 to £129,783 at band 9, with London weighting, part-time pay, pension and take-home.
Source: NHS Employers, NHS Terms and Conditions Handbook. Next update: when the 2027/28 award is announced.
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Philippines · government employees
Salary grade 2026 (Philippines) →Every salary grade and step for civilian government personnel under EO No. 64: ₱14,634 at SG 1 step 1 up to ₱462,329 at SG 33, with LGU rates, the 2027 tranche and take-home after GSIS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and tax.
Source: EO No. 64, s. 2024; DBM NBC 601. Next update: January 2027 (fourth tranche circular).
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Philippines · public school teachers
Teacher salary 2026 (Philippines) →Teacher I to VII, Master Teacher I to V and School Principal I to IV under the 2025 career progression rules: salary grade, pay at every step, take-home and the 2027 rates.
Source: DepEd-DBM Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2025; DBM NBC 601. Next update: January 2027 (fourth tranche circular).
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Philippines · military and uniformed personnel
PNP, AFP and BFP salary 2026 (Philippines) →Base pay by rank for the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, Coast Guard, BuCor and NAMRIA under EO 107, with the 2027 and 2028 increases and the ₱350 daily subsistence allowance.
Source: EO No. 107, s. 2025; DBM NBC 600. Next update: January 2027 (second tranche).
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Philippines · nurses
Nurse salary 2026 (Philippines) →Government Nurse I to VII salary grades and pay at every step, take-home, and what private hospital nurses earn from PSA's wages survey.
Source: DBM IOS 2022; DBM NBC 601; PSA OWS 2024. Next update: January 2027 (fourth tranche circular).
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United Kingdom · London
London weighting 2026/27 →What working in London adds, employer by employer: teachers' inner London ranges (+£7,660 at M1), NHS supplements, Met police weighting and allowance (up to £9,738), prison officers, firefighters, councils and the London Living Wage.
Source: STPCD 2026, NHS Handbook, Police Regulations, review body reports. Next update: September 2027 (teachers) and when the police determination is published.
Take-home figures use the same tax engines as our salary pages; the assumptions are on the methodology page.