For starters, you’re “rich” if you belong to the list of the Top 10 Richest Filipinos. However, even if your net worth does not run into billions of pesos yet, you may still be considered “rich” as per the definition of the National Statical Coordination Board (NSCB).
Based on NSCB computations using the Family Income and Expenditure Surveys (FIES) and the Labor Force Survey (LFS), a family in the Philippines must earn at least PhP 2,393,126 a year or PhP 199,927 a month to be counted as part of the high-income class in 2010.
Simply stated, your family should be earning P200,000 a month or P2.4 million a year to be considered “rich” in the Philippines.
The Rich, the Poor and the Middle Class
Rich people are indeed a rarity, with rich families numbering only 20,000 or 0.1% of the total 17.4 million families in the country.
The middle class, on the other hand, earns an average of P36,934 per month.
The low income class earns an average of P9,061 per month.
Predictors of Wealth
The NSCB also identified three predictors that are consistently significant for the high income group. These are:
household head working as corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors, supervisors, officials of government and special interest organizations;
owns at least three air conditioning units; and
owns at least three cars / vehicles
