Utility Worker & Administrative Aide Salary 2026 (SG 1–6)

Entry-level government salary (SG 1–6, 2026 Step 1)

Administrative Aide positions are the entry level of government support work. DBM is converting the older Utility Worker titles into the generic Administrative Aide titles at the same Salary Grades. They sit at the bottom of the Salary Grade table but come with the same PERA, bonuses and benefits as every other regular employee.

Benefits are the same as any regular employee

Regular (plantilla) appointees at SG 1 get the same standard benefits as higher grades:

• PERA — ₱2,000/month, a large add-on relative to SG 1 basic pay
• Mid-year and year-end bonuses — one month's basic pay each (the year-end bonus is the government's 13th-month pay)
• ₱5,000 cash gift with the year-end bonus
• GSIS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG membership and their benefits

Job order vs plantilla

Many entry-level workers start as job-order (JO) or contract-of-service (COS) personnel. They have no employer-employee relationship with the agency, so EO 64 expressly excludes them from the salary increase, and they don't get PERA, the government bonuses or GSIS coverage. A plantilla appointment at SG 1 is therefore worth more in total than a JO role paid a similar monthly amount.