Salaries of Manuel L. Quezon Based on the Record of Service as Certified by the Commissioner of Civil Service (computed by Henry Ma, ADB) September 19, 1903 -Fiscal, Mindoro Annual Salary: P2,800 (P1.45 million in 2008) March 12, 1904 -Fiscal, Tayabas Annual Salary: P3,000 (P1.5 million in 2008) November 1, 1904 -Resigned. March 5, 1906 -Provincial Governor, Tayabas Annual Salary: P4,000 (P2 million in 2008) January 1, 1907 -Provincial Governor, Tayabas Annual Salary: P5,000 (P2.5 million in 2008) July 25, 1907- Resigned. October 19, 1907 -Delegate, First Philippine Assembly (Tayabas) 1909-1916 -Resident Commissioner, United States House of Representatives. (in one of his statements, he was making $7,500 per annum plus $2,000 mileage—the equivalent of $190,000 in 2008) October, 1916-November, 1935 -Senator for the Fifth Senatorial District. October 16, 1916 -President, Philippine Senate October 16, 1922 -President, Philippine Senate July 16, 1925 -President, Philippine Senate Annual Salary: P12,000 (P3.2 million in 2008) January 1, 1926 -President, Philippine Senate Annual Salary: P16,000 (P4.2 million in 2008) July 16, 1928 -President, Philippine Senate Annual Salary: 16,000 (P4.3 million) January 1, 1933 -President, Philippine Senate Annual Salary: P12,000 (P5.7 million—there had been deflation) January 1, 1934: President, Philippine Senate Annual Salary: P12,000 (P5.5 million)
November 15, 1935-August 1, 1944 -President of the Philippines Annual Salary: P30,000 (P10 million in 2008)