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Unemployment Rate in May 2023 was Estimated at 4.3 Percent

Release Date: Friday, July 7, 2023

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TABLE 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation, and Class of Worker, with Measures of Precision, Philippines; May22f, January20	17.67 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines May2022f, January2023p	19.06 KB
Table 3.Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Phil	20.36 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines May 2022f, January 2023p to May 2023p	24.52 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines May 2022f, January 2023p to May 2023p	27.76 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines May 2022f	21.14 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines May 2022f, January 2023p to May 2023p	21.51 KB
Press Release	234.65 KB
Technical Notes	306.07 KB

Unemployment Rate in April 2023 is Estimated at 4.5 Percent

Release Date: Friday, June 9, 2023

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Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines April 2022f, January 2023p, February 2023p, March 2023p, and April 2023p.xlsx	17.5 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines April 2022f, January 2023p, February 2023p, March 2023p, and April 2023p.xlsx	18.25 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Philippines Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb2023p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	20.04 KB
Table 4. Total Population 15 Years Old and Over and Number of Labor Force, Employed, Unemployed and Underemployed, by Region Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb2023p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	58.02 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb203p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	21.32 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb2023p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	24.34 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb2023p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	18.17 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines Apr2022f, Jan2023p, Feb2023p, Mar2023p and Apr2023p.xlsx	18.88 KB
Press Release	198.58 KB
Technical Notes	288.05 KB

2022 Annual Provincial Labor Market Statistics (Preliminary Results)

Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

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Press Release	1.71 MB
Table 1. Population 15 years old and over, Total Persons in the Labor Force, and Labor Force Participation Rate 2021f and 2022p	46.32 KB
Table 2. Total Employed Persons and Employment Rate 2021f and 2022p	33.83 KB
Table 3. Total Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rate 2021f and 2022p	33.29 KB
Table 4. Total Underemployed Persons and Underemployment Rate 2021f and 2022p	33.09 KB

Employment Rate in March 2023 is Estimated at 95.3 Percent

Release Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines March2022f, January2023p, February2023p and march2023p.xlsx	22.82 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023_0.xlsx	26.44 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines March2022f, January2023p, February2023p and March2023p.xlsx	19.91 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines March2022f, January2023p, February2023p and March2023p.xlsx	20.2 KB
Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines March2022f, January2023p, February2023p and March2023p.xlsx	17.35 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines March2022f, January20223p, February2023p and March2023p.xlsx	17.81 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Philippines March2022f, January2023p, February2023p and March2023p.xlsx	20.05 KB
Press Release	325.62 KB
Technical Notes	308.77 KB

Employment Rate in February 2023 is Estimated at 95.2 Percent

Release Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

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Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and Februaru2023p.xlsx	14.49 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines February2022f, January20223p and February2023p.xlsx	15.22 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023p.xlsx	18.29 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023p.xlsx	20.9 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023.xlsx	23.9 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023p.xlsx	17.63 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines February2022f, January2023p and February2023p.xlsx	18.59 KB
Press Release for February 2023 LFS.pdf	326.33 KB
Technical Notes for the February 2023 LFS.pdf	308.67 KB

Unemployment Rate in January 2023 is Estimated at 4.8 Percent

Release Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023

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Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, December 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	17.3 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines October 2021f, January 2022f, October 2022p, Decenebr 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	31.85 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, Decmber 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	21.47 KB
Table 4. Total Population 15 Years Old and Over and Number of Labor Force, Employed, Unemployed and Underemployed, by Region Jan2022f, October 2022p, December 2022p and January 2023p_0.xlsx	62.51 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, December 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	27.04 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, Decmeber 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	28.24 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, December 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	20.91 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines January 2022f, October 2022p, December 2022p and January 2023p.xlsx	20.6 KB
Press Release	311.59 KB
Technical Notes	639.46 KB

Unemployment Rate in December 2022 is Estimated at 4.3 Percent

Release Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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Table 1 - Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation, and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Dec2021f	31.31 KB
Table 2 - Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked with Measures of Precision, Philippines	39.7 KB
Table 3 – Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemployed Persons by Age Group, Sex, and Highest Grade Complete	35.21 KB
Table A - Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines, December 2021f, January 2022p to December 2022p	43.62 KB
Table B - Employment by Major Industry Group , December 2021f, December 2022p to December 2022p (In Thousands except Rates)	46.61 KB
Table C – Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, with Job but not at Work, December 2021f	36.12 KB
Table D - Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, December 2021f, January 2022p, February 2022p	32.72 KB
Press Release	305.31 KB
Technical Notes	308.83 KB

Unemployment Rate in November 2022 is Estimated at 4.2 Percent

Release Date: Friday, January 6, 2023

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Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines Nov 2021f, Jan 2022p to Nov 2022p.xlsx	29.67 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines Nov2021f, Jan2022p to Nov2022p.xlsx	39.19 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Philippines Nov2021f, Jan2022p to Nov2022p.xlsx	33.07 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines November 2021f, January 2022p to November 2022p.xlsx	40.96 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines November 2021f, January 2022p to November 2022p.xlsx	44.39 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines November 2021f, January 2022p to November 2022p.xlsx	34.4 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines November 2021f, January 2022p to November 2022p.xlsx	30.6 KB
Press Release	314.33 KB
Technical Notes	292.18 KB

Employment Rate in October 2022 is Estimated at 95.5 Percent

Release Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Table 1. Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation and Class of Worker with Measures of Precision, Philippines October 2021f	27.7 KB
Table 2. Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines October 2021f, January	34.91 KB
Table 3. Underemp Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemp Persons by Age Grp, Sex and HGC with Measures of Precision Phili	30.17 KB
Table 4. Total Population 15 Years Old and Over and Number of Labor Force, Employed, Unemployed and Underemployed, by Region Oct	61.88 KB
Table A. Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines October 2021f, January 2022p to October 2022p.xlsx	37.73 KB
Table B. Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines October 2021f, January 2022p to October 2022p.xl	42.98 KB
Table C. Reasons for Working Less Than 40 Hours, Working More than 48 Hours, and with Job but not at Work, Philippines October 2	32.62 KB
Table D. Key Employment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines October 2021f, January 2022p to October 2022p.	28.5 KB
Press Release	314.01 KB
Technical Notes	326.96 KB

Employment Rate in September 2022 is Estimated at 95.0 Percent

Release Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2022

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TABLE 1 Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation, and Class of Worker, with Measures of Precision, Philippines Sept 2021f, Jan 202	55.66 KB
TABLE 2 Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines Sept 2021f, Jan 2022p	52.91 KB
TABLE 3 Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Sector, and Unemployed Persons by Age Grp, Sex, and HGC	56.87 KB
TABLE A - Key Employment Indicators with Measures of Precision, Philippines September 2021f, January 2022p to Sept 2022p	49.71 KB
TABLE B - Employment by Major Industry Group and Total Hours Worked, Philippines Sept2021f, January 2022p to September 2022p	47.28 KB
Press Release	258.76 KB
Technical Notes	309.07 KB

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