TABLE 5 Percent Distribution of Employed Persons by Sex, by Region and Major Occupation Gro

Philippines: January 2017

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

Philippines 39,347
Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 16.8
Professionals 5.5
Technicians and associate professionals 3.6
Clerical support workers 5.5
Service and sales workers 15.4
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 13.4
Craft and related trade workers 8.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.1
Elementary occupations 25.4
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.3

National Capital Region 5,062

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 15.7
Professionals 7.5
Technicians and associate professionals 6.6
Clerical support workers 13.1
Service and sales workers 21.0
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 0.3
Craft and related trade workers 9.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9.5
Elementary occupations 16.9
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.3

Cordillera Administrative Region 698

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 10.7
Professionals 8.9
Technicians and associate professionals 2.9
Clerical support workers 4.1
Service and sales workers 9.7
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 26.2
Craft and related trade workers 4.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 5.7
Elementary occupations 26.1
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.7
TABLE 5B - continued

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

I - Ilocos Region 1,916

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 15.1
Professionals 4.0
Technicians and associate professionals 3.1
Clerical support workers 3.1
Service and sales workers 18.1
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 14.9
Craft and related trade workers 9.3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.7
Elementary occupations 27.5
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1

II - Cagayan Valley 1,430

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 12.5
Professionals 5.0
Technicians and associate professionals 2.5
Clerical support workers 3.2
Service and sales workers 10.3
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 17.9
Craft and related trade workers 5.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 3.0
Elementary occupations 39.9
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1

III - Central Luzon 4,130

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 21.5
Professionals 5.9
Technicians and associate professionals 3.4
Clerical support workers 6.3
Service and sales workers 18.8
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 5.6
Craft and related trade workers 10.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.6
Elementary occupations 21.1
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1
TABLE 5B - continued

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

IV-A - CALABARZON 5,645

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 19.7
Professionals 5.9
Technicians and associate professionals 5.0
Clerical support workers 6.1
Service and sales workers 18.3
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 5.0
Craft and related trade workers 9.9
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 11.0
Elementary occupations 18.8
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.3

IV-B - MIMAROPA 1,157

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 15.1
Professionals 5.6
Technicians and associate professionals 2.6
Clerical support workers 3.3
Service and sales workers 11.5
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 21.6
Craft and related trade workers 7.3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 3.6
Elementary occupations 29.3
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1

V - Bicol Region 2,238

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 13.4
Professionals 4.8
Technicians and associate professionals 2.3
Clerical support workers 2.9
Service and sales workers 13.9
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 18.5
Craft and related trade workers 8.0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.2
Elementary occupations 32.0
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1
TABLE 5B - continued

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

VI - Western Visayas 1,803

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 18.1
Professionals 5.8
Technicians and associate professionals 3.4
Clerical support workers 5.0
Service and sales workers 13.0
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 15.6
Craft and related trade workers 7.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.0
Elementary occupations 27.6
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1

VII - Central Visayas 2,596

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 14.4
Professionals 5.1
Technicians and associate professionals 3.0
Clerical support workers 4.6
Service and sales workers 17.6
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 17.1
Craft and related trade workers 11.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 5.5
Elementary occupations 21.6
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations -

VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,614

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 16.2
Professionals 5.6
Technicians and associate professionals 3.0
Clerical support workers 3.1
Service and sales workers 13.2
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 20.7
Craft and related trade workers 5.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 3.3
Elementary occupations 29.1
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.2
TABLE 5B - continued

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,364

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 16.8
Professionals 4.9
Technicians and associate professionals 2.9
Clerical support workers 3.1
Service and sales workers 11.0
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 22.3
Craft and related trade workers 5.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.2
Elementary occupations 28.3
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 1.0

X - Northern Mindanao 1,920

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 13.8
Professionals 5.0
Technicians and associate professionals 3.3
Clerical support workers 3.9
Service and sales workers 11.7
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 19.9
Craft and related trade workers 6.3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 5.0
Elementary occupations 30.8
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.5

XI - Davao Region 1,980

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 16.1
Professionals 3.4
Technicians and associate professionals 3.6
Clerical support workers 5.2
Service and sales workers 15.5
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 14.7
Craft and related trade workers 7.0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.5
Elementary occupations 29.4
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.5
TABLE 5B - continued

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,844

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 18.8
Professionals 4.4
Technicians and associate professionals 1.9
Clerical support workers 2.4
Service and sales workers 11.5
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 18.4
Craft and related trade workers 6.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.0
Elementary occupations 31.5
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.8

Caraga 991
Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 22.8
Professionals 5.1
Technicians and associate professionals 3.4
Clerical support workers 3.8
Service and sales workers 11.5
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 13.4
Craft and related trade workers 6.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 4.1
Elementary occupations 29.8
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.1

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 974

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 18.7
Professionals 3.8
Technicians and associate professionals 0.8
Clerical support workers 1.2
Service and sales workers 6.1
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 48.5
Craft and related trade workers 2.9
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 2.7
Elementary occupations 15.0
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.3
TABLE 5B - concluded

Region and Major Occupation Group Total

Negros Island Region 1,987

Number (in thousands)

Total 100.0
Managers 13.3
Professionals 4.0
Technicians and associate professionals 2.2
Clerical support workers 4.0
Service and sales workers 11.3
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 18.1
Craft and related trade workers 6.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 3.1
Elementary occupations 37.9
Armed forces occupations, nongainful activities
and special occupations 0.0

Notes: 0.0 - less than 0.05 percent

Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, January 2017 Labor Force Survey
Region and Major Occupation Group

Male Female

24,514 14,834

100.0 100.0
13.6 22.0
3.0 9.6
3.0 4.8
3.4 8.9
12.4 20.5
18.1 5.5
11.0 3.4
8.4 2.3
26.7 23.1

0.4 0.0

2,907 2,154

100.0 100.0
13.3 18.8
5.8 9.8
5.9 7.4
9.3 18.2
19.9 22.5
0.4 0.1
14.1 2.6
14.7 2.5
16.0 18.2

0.5 0.0

425 273

100.0 100.0
8.3 14.5
4.0 16.6
2.2 4.1
2.2 7.1
7.2 13.7
34.4 13.4
7.2 1.0
 8.4 1.6
24.9 28.0

1.2 0.1

Continued
 Male Female

1,198 717

100.0 100.0
12.1 20.1
2.0 7.4
2.6 4.0
1.8 5.3
13.1 26.5
20.3 6.0
11.8 5.1
7.4 0.2
28.7 25.4

0.1 -

912 518

100.0 100.0
10.9 15.4
2.1 10.0
2.0 3.4
2.1 5.1
6.7 16.9
25.4 4.8
7.5 1.9
4.7 0.1
38.4 42.5

0.2 -

2,634 1,496

100.0 100.0
21.3 21.8
3.8 9.6
2.7 4.7
3.5 11.3
14.8 26.0
8.2 0.9
13.5 5.6
8.7 2.8
23.3 17.2

0.2 -

Continued
Male Female

3,335 2,310

100.0 100.0
16.5 24.4
3.1 10.0
5.0 5.1
4.1 9.0
17.1 20.0
7.2 1.7
13.5 4.7
12.8 8.5
20.3 16.6

0.6 -

737 421

100.0 100.0
10.8 22.6
2.0 11.8
1.6 4.4
1.9 5.6
8.8 16.2
27.1 11.9
10.1 2.4
5.7 0.0
31.8 25.0

0.2 -

1,425 812

100.0 100.0
9.1 21.0
2.1 9.5
1.0 4.5
1.7 5.0
9.5 21.4
23.1 10.4
10.3 4.0
6.5 0.2
36.5 24.0

0.1 -

Continued
Male Female

1,073 730

100.0 100.0
14.1 23.9
3.3 9.3
2.5 4.7
2.8 8.3
10.3 17.2
20.8 8.0
11.1 2.2
6.5 0.2
28.6 26.1

0.1 -

1,526 1,070

100.0 100.0
11.7 18.3
2.4 8.8
2.2 4.1
2.8 7.2
13.5 23.5
22.2 9.7
16.0 4.1
7.2 3.1
21.9 21.2

- -

1,075 539

100.0 100.0
12.1 24.4
3.0 10.7
2.0 4.9
2.2 4.9
9.7 20.3
27.6 7.1
7.6 1.8
4.9 0.3
30.8 25.6

0.3 -

Continued
Male Female

904 460

100.0 100.0
12.6 25.1
2.2 10.1
2.4 3.7
2.0 5.2
8.5 15.9
28.5 10.1
7.8 1.0
6.2 0.5
28.3 28.2

1.4 0.2

1,217 703

100.0 100.0
9.0 22.0
2.6 9.2
2.8 4.1
2.5 6.1
8.7 16.8
26.3 8.7
8.6 2.2
7.5 0.7
31.2 30.0

0.7 -

1,301 680

100.0 100.0
11.4 25.3
1.4 7.2
3.3 4.3
3.0 9.3
11.1 24.0
19.6 5.4
9.4 2.2
6.6 0.4
33.4 21.8

0.7 0.1

Continued
Male Female

1,211 633

100.0 100.0
15.0 26.2
2.2 8.6
1.5 2.7
1.2 4.7
8.3 17.7
26.0 4.1
6.8 4.9
5.9 0.3
32.0 30.6

1.2 0.1

643 348

100.0 100.0
19.3 29.2
2.2 10.5
2.2 5.5
2.3 6.5
7.7 18.5
18.6 3.6
8.6 1.5
6.0 0.6
32.8 24.1

0.2 -

769 205

100.0 100.0
15.8 29.5
1.3 13.2
0.7 1.0
0.8 2.6
4.8 11.0
57.7 14.1
2.9 2.7
3.5 -
12.2 25.6

0.3 0.3

Continued
Male Female

1,221 766

100.0 100.0
8.0 21.7
2.1 6.9
1.4 3.6
2.8 5.8
9.0 15.0
20.8 13.8
8.9 1.7
5.1 -
41.8 31.5

0.0 -