You take the first number a client offers.
Without a benchmark, the client's anchor wins. Always.
PH · 2026Built by Filipino freelancers, for Filipino freelancers.
Know what your work is actually worth in PH.
One form. Three fields plus your email. Your report opens the moment you confirm the magic link we send.
Email requiredNo name or employerMagic-link delivery
The 30-second loop
- 01Tell us your role, years, and hourly rate.Three fields plus your email. No name, employer, or portfolio.
- 02We compare you to real Filipino peers.Aggregated only. Roles with fewer than 5 submissions render insufficient data instead of a number.
- 03You confirm the magic link → report opens.A typical peer rate, plus a concrete raise-to number.
What peer reports look likeFrontend Dev · 3–5y
$5your rate / hr
Peer median
$6.25 / hr
$6.25 / hr
You · $5.00
$4.38Low
$6.25Median
$10.00High
P25$4.38
Median$6.25
P75$10
Top 10%$15.852
Distribution curve
Sample shape only — your report shows real percentile bands once 5+ peers have submitted for your role.
Anonymous in the datasetYour rate appears only as part of an aggregate, never as your name, employer, or email.
Built by Filipino freelancersA small public-good project from the Axelis Collective.
The gap
Am I underpaid? is the hardest question nobody in PH can answer for you.
Rate conversations happen in private DMs and Discord servers, with stale numbers and a heavy selection bias toward whoever shouts loudest. International calculators don't model the Philippine market. Axelis Salary exists to do one boring, specific thing well: tell you what people doing your job, with your experience, in your country, are actually charging right now.
You don't raise your rate for two years.
The market moved. You didn't. The gap compounds quietly.
You undercharge in the same role you teach others.
Senior years of experience, junior rate. Common in PH.
01 · The process
Three fields. One report. One magic-link confirm.
The form on this page is the app. Submit, confirm the magic link in your inbox, and the report opens — no waiting room, no upsell.
1Submit
Tell us your role, years, and rate.
Pick from your category's roles. We ask for your email — it's the magic link to your report and how we dedupe one submission per (person, role). We never ask for your name, employer, or portfolio.
Role · years · rate3 fields
EngineeringFrontendBackend
<1y1–3y3–5y5y+
$28/hr≈ ₱1,568/hr
~30 seconds
2Compare
We compute your percentile band against real peers.
Aggregated from real peer submissions over the last 12 months, weighted toward the freshest 90 days. Roles with fewer than 5 submissions render insufficient data instead of bluffing.
Frontend Dev · 3–5yPeer band
You · $28
$10$32 (median)$70
Opens after magic-link confirm
3Act
Get one concrete raise-to number.
The report tells you exactly how much to bump your rate to hit the typical peer rate — in both USD and PHP, with the monthly take at 40h/week so the number is real, not theoretical.
Raise targetUSD · PHP
Raise to$32/hr(+$4)
≈ +₱36,000/mo at 40h/wk
One sentence, one decision
02 · What's in your report
Five things, no fluff.
Every report shows the same five pieces — re-computed live as new peers submit. No login wall, no upsell.
A typical peer rate for your role.
The median (P50) from peers who match your role and years-of-experience, in both USD and PHP.
Where you sit vs that median.
A simple you're at P38 readout — below, near, or above the median — with the gap in dollars and pesos.
A concrete raise-to number.
One sentence: Raise to $32 to hit the typical rate. Including the monthly take at 40h/wk so it isn't abstract.
3 adjacent roles you could pivot into.
Sibling roles in your category with their rate ranges, so you can see if pivoting sideways is a meaningful raise.
The 10 most recent peer submissions.
Real (anonymized) rate listings from the last 90 days, so you can sanity-check the aggregate against actual data.
- Names, employers, or portfolios
- Sponsored "premium" rate sellers
- Recruiter DMs or job postings
- A paywall after the first report
03 · The dataset
PH-specific categories and roles.
We only track roles where Filipino freelancers actually work — and we only show stats once a role has at least 5 submissions in the window. Sparse roles say insufficient data instead of bluffing with a number.
04 · Why this exists
The cheapest possible answer to am I underpaid?
Three pillars guide every decision we make — from what fields are in the form, to which features we say no to, to how we treat your data.
Filipino freelancers undercharge.
There's no public, PH-specific rate benchmark. Every conversation about rate happens in private DMs, with selection bias and outdated numbers. We're trying to flatten that information asymmetry.
The flywheel is the product.
More submissions → tighter percentile bands → more trust → more submissions. Everything else (browse, similar roles, emailed reports) is supporting cast. So we obsess over the friction of step one.
Anonymous, aggregated, never sold.
We never publish individual submissions. Rates always render as percentile bands on a minimum sample of 5. You can request deletion at any time and we'll wipe your row within 7 days.
05 · Methodology
How the math works.
Plain language, no hand-waving. If the percentile says you're at P38, here's exactly what we did to get there.
a
Collect
Peers submit their role + YoE + hourly rate via the same form you'll use. We store only what's needed — rate, role slug, years bracket, submission timestamp, and a hashed email used for dedupe.
b
Clip outliers
Rates outside $1–$200/hr are dropped at intake. Within that band, we winsorize the top and bottom 2% per role so a single $5/hr or $190/hr submission can't skew the median.
c
Dedupe by person
One confirmed submission per (person, role) pair — verified via hashed-email + magic-link confirm. Submitting again overwrites your previous row; it does not stack.
d
Window
Reports default to a rolling 90-day window for the freshest signal. 6m / 12m comparison windows are computed in parallel so you can spot rate drift across the same role over time.
e
Gate sparse roles
A role-window pair needs ≥5 submissions before we render a number. Below that, the report says insufficient data — try a wider window or an adjacent role.
f
Compute percentile
Your rate is placed against the P10 / P25 / P50 / P75 / P90 cutoffs of your role-window. We surface which percentile you land on — never which specific peers — so individual rates stay private.
06 · FAQ
The questions we get most.
Still on the fence? Most concerns come down to data honesty and privacy — both are first-principles for us, not afterthoughts.
Why is this PH-only?
Because rate benchmarks are deeply local. A frontend dev in Manila isn't competing with one in Berlin or San Francisco — they're pricing into a different client mix, with different cost-of-living, and different baseline expectations. Mixing geographies in one number makes the number useless.
Do I need an email to see my report?
Yes — email is the only required identifier. We send a one-tap magic link that opens your full report, and the email is also how we dedupe one submission per (person, role). We never ask for your name, employer, or portfolio, and we never sell, share, or DM-spam your email. You can request deletion at any time.
How do you keep submissions honest?
Three layers: (1) clipped to $1–$200/hr at intake; (2) winsorized top/bottom 2% per role; (3) deduped one confirmed submission per (person, role). Roles with fewer than 5 submissions render "insufficient data" instead of a misleading number.
Why three windows (3m / 6m / 12m)?
Rates drift. The 90-day window is the freshest signal — it's the default. 6m and 12m give you a comparison baseline so you can see if your role is heating up or cooling off. All three are computed live, client-side.
Can I update or delete my submission later?
Yes to both. Magic-link in, edit your row, re-submit — the new value replaces the old one, no double-counting. Or request a full deletion and we'll wipe within 7 days, no questions asked.
Is this affiliated with a job platform?
No. Axelis Collective is a small group of Filipino freelancers who got tired of guessing. We don't take referral fees, we don't have a job board, and we don't plan to. The dataset is the product; transparency is the point.
Still not sure?
The form is right above. It costs you 30 seconds and an email.