APRIL 2019 LABOR FORCE SURVEY

POPULATION 15 YEARS AND LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE

OVER
April 2019
LABOR AND April 2019
72.5 Million
EMPLOYMENT 61.4%

April 2018 April 2018

71.0 Million INDICATORS 60.9%

EMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

April 2019 April 2019 April 2019

94.9% 13.5% 5.1%

April 2018 April 2018 April 2018

94.5% 17.0% 5.5%

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED REGIONS WITH HIGHEST PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS
PERSONS BY SECTOR EMPLOYMENT RATE BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP

26.5%
18.6%
Elementary
SERVICES CAR 97.0%
Occupations Service and
sales workers
97.1% CAGAYAN VALLEY
58.5%
94.1%
ILOCOS REGION 11.8%
11.0% Skilled agricultural,
forestry and fishery
Managers
workers
94.7%
CALABARZON
94.8%
CENTRAL LUZON
93.7% 94.2%
NCR BICOL REGION
8.1%
Craft and 8.1%
AGRICULTURE 95.3%
MIMAROPA related trades
workers
Plant and machine
operators and
assemblers

22.3% 95.9%
EASTERN VISAYAS
95.2%
WESTERN
VISAYAS
6.0%
Clerical support 5.4%
workers
Professionals
CENTRAL VISAYAS 94.5%
96.0%
CARAGA

INDUSTRY
95.7%
ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA 95.0% 4.2%
NORTHERN 0.2%
MINDANAO Technicians and
associate Armed forces
occupations
19.2%
96.9%
DAVAO REGION professionals
91.0%
ARMM

95.6%
SOCCSKSARGEN

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS

BY CLASS OF WORKER

63.3% 27.6% 67.6% 41.7 31.3%

Wage and salary Self employed Full-time workers Part-time workers
w/out any paid
workers
Hours workers Employed persons
employee
Employed persons
who worked for 40 worked per who worked for
hours or more per week on less than 40 hours
week average. per week

2.7%
6.4% Employer in
Unpaid family own family- The remaining 1.1% were those with a job but not at work.
worker operated farm
or business

Philippine Statistics Authority

Social Sector Statistics Service (SSSS)
Income and Employment Statistics Division (IESD)
http://psa.gov.ph