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13th month pay calculator

Work out the 13th month pay for one employee or your whole team: one-twelfth of the basic salary earned from January to December. It handles new hires, resignations, raises, unpaid leave and daily-paid workers, and everything stays in your browser.

How is the salary paid?

By the monthBy the day

Monthly basic salary

Before deductions. Leave out overtime, holiday and night premiums, and allowances, unless the contract counts them as basic salary.

Worked fromto

For someone hired or who left this year, pick their first and last month.

Basic salary each month 12 months · ₱0.00

Change a month for a raise, unpaid leave or a partial month. Unpaid leave lowers the 13th month pay; paid leave doesn't.

Jan

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Already paid this year

For example, half paid in May or June.

Other bonuses this year

Christmas bonus, productivity incentives and similar. Used for the ₱90,000 tax-free ceiling.

13th month pay

₱0.00

12 months of basic salary, ₱0.00 ÷ 12

Enter a salary to see the 13th month pay.

Already paid: ₱0.00
Still to pay by December 24, 2026: ₱0.00

Tax-free: ₱0.00

13th month pay and other bonuses are tax-free up to ₱90,000 a year combined. Anything above that is added to taxable pay.

If you're the employer

Pay it on or before December 24, 2026, and show it on the payslip as "13th month pay."
Include it on each employee's Form 2316 for 2026.
File the DOLE compliance report at reports.dole.gov.ph by January 15, 2027. In the team view, the totals above are the figures it asks for.
Someone who left during the year gets their share with their final pay.

If you're an employee

Rank-and-file employees are entitled after at least one month of service in the year, whatever their job title or how they're paid. Managers are covered only if their contract or company policy says so.
It's due on or before December 24, 2026. If it isn't paid, you can ask DOLE for help through the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) at the DOLE regional office.

Read the full guide to 13th month pay

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This calculator gives the legal minimum under Presidential Decree No. 851. An employer can pay more, and a contract, CBA or company practice that counts allowances as basic salary changes the amount. It is general information, not legal or tax advice.