Pay scale · Philippines · 2026
PNP, AFP and BFP salary 2026
From 1 January 2026, base pay for military and uniformed personnel runs from ₱19,516 a month for a Candidate Soldier and ₱31,151 for a Private, Patrolman or Fire Officer I, up to ₱157,274 for a General or Police General. It is the first of three yearly raises under Executive Order No. 107, s. 2025. Pick a service and rank to see the monthly rate, the change since 2019 and what 2027 and 2028 bring.
By Dominic Roworth · Every rate from EO No. 107, s. 2025 and DBM National Budget Circulars No. 600 and 576, checked 2 November 2026
Patrolman/Patrolwoman, PNP, base pay a month
₱31,151
First tranche, from 1 January 2026
Base pay only. No take-home figure: uniformed personnel contributions and tax are not the same as for civilian staff, and we have no official source for them (see Limits).
Military and uniformed personnel base pay 2026: the key figures
| Figure | 2026 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| In effect from | 1 January 2026 (first of three tranches) | NBC 600, items 4.0 and 11.0 |
| Lowest rate | ₱19,516 a month (Candidate Soldier) | NBC 600, Annex A, p. 4 |
| Entry ranks | ₱31,151 (Private, Patrolman/Patrolwoman, Fire/Jail Officer I, Apprentice Seaman, Corrections Officer I) | NBC 600, Annex A, p. 4 |
| Police Captain, Army Captain | ₱59,411 a month | NBC 600, Annex A, p. 5 |
| Highest rate | ₱157,274 a month (General, Police General) | NBC 600, Annex A, p. 6 |
| Rise on the 2019 schedule | About 5.0% at every rank | Our calculation from NBC 576 and NBC 600 |
| Subsistence allowance | ₱350 a day | EO 107, Section 4; NBC 600, item 5.0 |
| Next increases | 1 January 2027 and 1 January 2028 (Patrolman: ₱32,634, then ₱34,119) | EO 107, Sections 2 and 3 |
Base pay by rank: 2026, 2027 and 2028
One row per pay level, with the rank each service uses on that row. A blank cell means that service has no rank on that row. The 2019 column is the schedule that applied until 31 December 2025.
Monthly base pay (pesos)
| PNP | AFP (Army, Air Force) | BFP and BJMP | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2019 | Navy | Coast Guard | NAMRIA | BuCor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate Soldier | ₱19,516 | ₱20,445 | ₱21,375 | ₱18,587 | ||||||
| Patrolman/Patrolwoman | Private | Fire/Jail Officer I | ₱31,151 | ₱32,634 | ₱34,119 | ₱29,668 | Apprentice Seaman/Seaman Third Class | Apprentice Seaman/Seaman Third Class | Apprentice Seaman/Seaman Third Class | Corrections Officer I/Corrections Technical Officer I |
| Private First Class | ₱31,774 | ₱33,286 | ₱34,801 | ₱30,261 | Seaman Second Class | Seaman Second Class | Seaman Second Class | |||
| Police Corporal | Corporal | Fire/Jail Officer II | ₱32,410 | ₱33,953 | ₱35,498 | ₱30,867 | Seaman First Class | Seaman First Class | Seaman First Class | Corrections Officer II/Corrections Technical Officer II |
| Sergeant | ₱33,058 | ₱34,632 | ₱36,208 | ₱31,484 | Petty Officer III | Petty Officer III | Petty Officer III | |||
| Police Staff Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Fire/Jail Officer III | ₱33,720 | ₱35,325 | ₱36,932 | ₱32,114 | Petty Officer II | Petty Officer II | Petty Officer II | Corrections Officer III/Corrections Technical Officer III |
| Technical Sergeant | ₱34,394 | ₱36,031 | ₱37,670 | ₱32,756 | Petty Officer I | Petty Officer I | Petty Officer I | |||
| Police Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant | Senior Fire/Jail Officer I | ₱35,082 | ₱36,752 | ₱38,424 | ₱33,411 | Chief Petty Officer | Chief Petty Officer | Chief Petty Officer | Corrections Senior Officer I/Corrections Technical Senior Officer I |
| Police Senior Master Sergeant | Senior Master Sergeant | Senior Fire/Jail Officer II | ₱35,783 | ₱37,486 | ₱39,192 | ₱34,079 | Senior Chief Petty Officer | Senior Chief Petty Officer | Senior Chief Petty Officer | Corrections Senior Officer II/Corrections Technical Senior Officer II |
| Police Chief Master Sergeant | Chief Master Sergeant | Senior Fire/Jail Officer III | ₱36,499 | ₱38,236 | ₱39,976 | ₱34,761 | Master Chief Petty Officer | Master Chief Petty Officer | Master Chief Petty Officer | Corrections Senior Officer III/Corrections Technical Senior Officer III |
| Police Executive Master Sergeant | First Chief Master Sergeant | Senior Fire/Jail Officer IV | ₱40,284 | ₱42,202 | ₱44,122 | ₱38,366 | First Master Chief Petty Officer | First Master Chief Petty Officer | First Master Chief Petty Officer | Corrections Senior Officer IV/Corrections Technical Senior Officer IV |
| Cadet | Cadet | ₱40,284 | ₱42,202 | ₱44,122 | ₱38,366 | Cadet | Cadet | |||
| Probationary Second Lieutenant | ₱40,284 | ₱42,202 | ₱44,122 | ₱38,366 | Probationary Ensign | |||||
| Second Lieutenant | ₱46,020 | ₱48,211 | ₱50,405 | ₱43,829 | Ensign | Ensign | Ensign | |||
| Police Lieutenant | First Lieutenant | Inspector | ₱52,004 | ₱54,479 | ₱56,958 | ₱49,528 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Corrections Inspector/Corrections Technical Inspector |
| Police Captain | Captain | Senior Inspector | ₱59,411 | ₱62,239 | ₱65,071 | ₱56,582 | Lieutenant Senior Grade | Lieutenant Senior Grade | Lieutenant Senior Grade | Corrections Senior Inspector/Corrections Technical Senior Inspector |
| Police Major | Major | Chief Inspector | ₱65,683 | ₱68,810 | ₱71,941 | ₱62,555 | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Corrections Chief Inspector/Corrections Technical Chief Inspector |
| Police Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Superintendent | ₱74,879 | ₱78,443 | ₱82,012 | ₱71,313 | Commander | Commander | Commander | Corrections Superintendent/Corrections Technical Superintendent |
| Police Colonel | Colonel | Senior Superintendent | ₱84,612 | ₱88,640 | ₱92,673 | ₱80,583 | Captain | Captain | Captain | Corrections Senior Superintendent/Corrections Technical Senior Superintendent |
| Police Brigadier General | Brigadier General | Chief Superintendent | ₱95,611 | ₱100,162 | ₱104,719 | ₱91,058 | Commodore | Commodore | Commodore | Corrections Chief Superintendent/Corrections Technical Chief Superintendent |
| Police Major General | Major General | Director | ₱108,041 | ₱113,184 | ₱118,334 | ₱102,896 | Rear Admiral | Rear Admiral | ||
| ₱119,947 | ₱125,656 | ₱131,373 | ₱114,235 | Vice Admiral | ||||||
| Police Lieutenant General | Lieutenant General | ₱131,853 | ₱138,129 | ₱144,414 | ₱125,574 | Vice Admiral | Admiral | |||
| Police General | General | ₱157,274 | ₱164,760 | ₱172,257 | ₱149,785 |
Sources: 2026: DBM National Budget Circular No. 600 (13 January 2026), Annex A; EO No. 107, s. 2025, Section 2; 2027 and 2028: EO No. 107, s. 2025, Section 2 (second and third tranches, pp. 4 to 8); 2019: DBM National Budget Circular No. 576 (14 May 2019), Annex A. The AFP column covers the Philippine Army, the Philippine Air Force and General Headquarters; the PNP column also covers the Philippine Public Safety College.
Who is covered
The base pay schedule applies to all military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) under the Department of National Defense, and to the uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) under the DILG, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) under the DOJ, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) under the DOTr and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) under the DENR (NBC 600, item 3.0). It is separate from the salary grade schedule for civilian government employees, which does not cover military and uniformed personnel (DBM NBC 601, item 4.1).
The three tranches: 2026, 2027 and 2028
Executive Order No. 107, s. 2025, signed on 3 December 2025, updates the base pay schedule in three steps: from 1 January 2026, 1 January 2027 and 1 January 2028. DBM National Budget Circular No. 600 (13 January 2026) implements the first: each incumbent's monthly base pay as of 31 December 2025 moves to the rate for their rank in Annex A from 1 January 2026 (item 4.0), and each gets a Notice of Base Pay Adjustment showing the new rate, the old rate and the difference (item 6.1). Overpayments must be refunded (item 6.2). The cost of the 2027 and 2028 steps goes into the National Expenditure Program each year (EO 107, Section 5).
By our own calculation, not a rule stated in the documents, each tranche adds about 5% of the 2019 rate at every rank: on average 5.0% above 2019 in 2026, 10.0% in 2027 and 15.0% in 2028, give or take a few pesos of rounding. So a Patrolman's base pay goes ₱29,668, ₱31,151, ₱32,634, ₱34,119.
Base pay only: what these figures leave out
- Subsistence allowance: ₱350 a day for all military and uniformed personnel from 1 January 2026 (EO No. 107, s. 2025, Section 4; DBM NBC 600, item 5.0). A 30-day month at that rate is ₱10,500. The documents set a daily rate and do not state the rate before 2026.
- Hazard pay: the 2019 circular fixed it at ₱540 a month (DBM NBC 576 (2019), item 5.0). EO 107 and NBC 600 do not mention hazard pay, so we cannot confirm the 2026 rate from them.
- Other allowances and pay set by other laws and issuances are not in these tables, and neither are deductions.
- Pension: EO 107 (Section 6) sets up an inter-agency technical working group of DBM, the Department of Finance, the Bureau of the Treasury and GSIS to review the military and uniformed personnel pension system and report to the President within 180 days. It does not change pensions itself.
Old and new PNP rank titles
The 2019 schedule (NBC 576) uses the old PNP titles. The 2026 to 2028 tables use the new ones. The pay row ties the two together, so a Police Officer I in the 2019 table and a Patrolman in the 2026 table are on the same row.
| 2019 title (NBC 576) | Title from 2026 (NBC 600) | 2019 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police Officer I | Patrolman/Patrolwoman | ₱29,668 | ₱31,151 |
| Police Officer II | Police Corporal | ₱30,867 | ₱32,410 |
| Police Officer III | Police Staff Sergeant | ₱32,114 | ₱33,720 |
| Senior Police Officer I | Police Master Sergeant | ₱33,411 | ₱35,082 |
| Senior Police Officer II | Police Senior Master Sergeant | ₱34,079 | ₱35,783 |
| Senior Police Officer III | Police Chief Master Sergeant | ₱34,761 | ₱36,499 |
| Senior Police Officer IV | Police Executive Master Sergeant | ₱38,366 | ₱40,284 |
| Inspector | Police Lieutenant | ₱49,528 | ₱52,004 |
| Senior Inspector | Police Captain | ₱56,582 | ₱59,411 |
| Chief Inspector | Police Major | ₱62,555 | ₱65,683 |
| Superintendent | Police Lieutenant Colonel | ₱71,313 | ₱74,879 |
| Senior Superintendent | Police Colonel | ₱80,583 | ₱84,612 |
| Chief Superintendent | Police Brigadier General | ₱91,058 | ₱95,611 |
| Director | Police Major General | ₱102,896 | ₱108,041 |
| Deputy Director General | Police Lieutenant General | ₱125,574 | ₱131,853 |
| Director General | Police General | ₱149,785 | ₱157,274 |
Monthly base pay. BFP and BJMP titles are the same in both tables. Cadet keeps its title.
Other changes between the tables: the 2026 to 2028 tables add a separate Philippine Navy column (the 2019 table had one DND column); BuCor's ranks stop at Corrections Chief Superintendent and NAMRIA's at Commodore (the 2019 table also listed BuCor's Deputy Director General and Director General and NAMRIA's admiral ranks); and the Coast Guard's Candidate Coast Guardsman, listed on the Candidate Soldier row in 2019, is not in the new tables.
Limits
- Base pay only. Allowances other than the subsistence allowance, any other pay set by separate laws and issuances, and every deduction are left out.
- No take-home pay is shown on purpose. Military and uniformed personnel contributions and tax treatment differ from those of civilian government staff, and we hold no official source for them, so the take-home method on our salary grade page does not apply.
- The 2027 and 2028 rates rest on one source, the scanned Executive Order No. 107; DBM has not yet issued circulars for those tranches. We will check them against the circulars when they come out.
- The ₱540 hazard pay is the 2019 figure: EO 107 and NBC 600 do not restate it.
- Rank titles are as printed in the documents. Neither cites the law behind the new PNP titles.
- The roughly 5% a tranche pattern is our own observation from the tables, used only as a check on the figures.
Questions
How much is a Patrolman's salary in 2026?
₱31,151 base pay a month (₱373,812 over 12 months) from 1 January 2026, up from ₱29,668 under the 2019 schedule, when the rank was called Police Officer I. It rises to ₱32,634 in 2027 and ₱34,119 in 2028 under Executive Order No. 107, s. 2025. The subsistence allowance of ₱350 a day is paid on top.
How much is the salary of a Private in the AFP?
A Private is on the same pay row as a Patrolman, a Fire or Jail Officer I and an Apprentice Seaman: ₱31,151 a month in 2026. A Candidate Soldier, the lowest rate in the schedule, is paid ₱19,516. A Private First Class gets ₱31,774 and a Corporal ₱32,410.
How much does a Fire Officer 1 earn in the BFP?
Fire Officer I (and Jail Officer I in the BJMP) is paid ₱31,151 base pay a month in 2026, rising to ₱34,119 in 2028. Fire Officer II gets ₱32,410, Fire Officer III ₱33,720 and Senior Fire Officer I ₱35,082.
How much is a Police Captain or Police Colonel paid?
In 2026: Police Lieutenant ₱52,004, Police Captain ₱59,411, Police Major ₱65,683, Police Lieutenant Colonel ₱74,879 and Police Colonel ₱84,612 a month. A Police General, the top of the PNP, is paid ₱157,274. Army and Air Force officers on the same pay row (Captain, Major, Colonel and so on) are paid the same.
What is PO1 called now, and what does it pay?
The 2019 table's Police Officer I is now Patrolman or Patrolwoman, PO2 is Police Corporal, PO3 is Police Staff Sergeant, SPO1 is Police Master Sergeant and Inspector is Police Lieutenant. The pay row stays the same: PO1's row pays ₱31,151 in 2026. The full list is in the table of old and new titles on this page.
When is the next salary increase for the PNP and AFP?
On 1 January 2027 (second tranche) and 1 January 2028 (third and final tranche) under Executive Order No. 107, s. 2025. Each adds about 5% of the 2019 rate: a Patrolman goes to ₱32,634 in 2027 and ₱34,119 in 2028, and a General or Police General to ₱164,760 and ₱172,257. DBM normally confirms each tranche in a National Budget Circular in January.
How much is the subsistence allowance of the PNP and AFP?
₱350 a day for all military and uniformed personnel from 1 January 2026 (EO No. 107, Section 4; DBM NBC 600, item 5.0). For a 30-day month that comes to ₱10,500. It is paid on top of base pay. Neither document states the rate it replaced.
Sources
- Executive Order No. 107, s. 2025: Updating the Base Pay Schedule and Increasing the Subsistence Allowance of the Military and Uniformed Personnel (3 December 2025)
- DBM National Budget Circular No. 600: increase in base pay of the MUP beginning 1 January 2026 (13 January 2026), Annex A
- DBM National Budget Circular No. 576: modified base pay schedule for the MUP beginning 1 January 2019 (14 May 2019), Annex A
- DBM National Budget Circular No. 601 (22 January 2026), items 3.0 and 4.1: civilian salary schedule coverage
The 2026 rates were read from NBC 600's text layer and checked against its page images and against EO 107's first tranche, which match in every cell. The 2027 and 2028 rates were transcribed from the EO 107 scan. Our checks test every figure on this page, including the examples quoted here.
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