Menu price
1997: ₱39.00 → 2026: ₱99.00
increase 154%total increase
Price and pay, on the same starting line
Chickenjoy prices vs daily wages
Compare one source-backed meal with the NCR minimum wage across the years where both are available.
Showing 1997 to 2026
Daily wage
1997: ₱185.00 → 2026: ₱695.00
increase 276%total increase
Work minutes
1997: 101.2 min → 2026: 68.4 min
decrease 32%less time needed
The big picture
Chickenjoy price has risen 0.6x as fast as daily wages since 1997.
Growth over time (index, 1997 = 100)
Both series indexed to 1997 = 100.
100150200250300350400
253.81997201020202026
- Verified
- Estimated
- Chickenjoy price index
- NCR minimum wage index
Minutes of work to buy 1-pc Chickenjoy
NCR non-agriculture minimum wage in effect on July 1 of each year.
0 min20 min40 min60 min80 min100 min120 min
68.4 min1997201020202026
- Verified
- Estimated
480-minute workday
Pace of increases (year-over-year)
Each point is the change vs the previous year. 0% means no increase that year. Wages use each region's non-agriculture rate.
-10%-5%0%5%10%15%
0.0%2011201520202024
- Verified
- Estimated
- Chickenjoy price, YoY
- NCR minimum wage, YoY
- Central Visayas wage, YoY
- Davao wage, YoY