Filipino minimum wage is about $144 a month. Most workers earn $400 to $800 monthly. At the higher end, that's enough to move out and buy a home, but not a car. Understanding these numbers matters when you're hiring.
Now let's talk about the cost differences and why this really is ethical. The economic reality of the Philippines is they don't want to be called a third world country. They want to be called an emerging economy. But the minimum wage in the Philippines is somewhere around $144 per month. So that would be US$144 for a month of full time work. Now that is minimum wage. It is too low. It is not enough to live off of. You can barely sustain life at that point. But an average wage in the Philippines would be somewhere between 400 and 800 US dollars per month. On the low end of that average, you have people that are still living with their parents. They're not doing very well, but they're living. And depending on where they are in life, if they're just fresh out of college, they might be happy with that for now. On the upper end of that average, you have people who are starting to move out, who are starting to buy or build their own house. They're not buying a car yet, but they're at least able to start their own family and do it on their own.
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