December 2021f

INDICATOR 90% Confidence

Standard Interval)
Estimate
Error
Lower Limit

Total Population 15 Years Old and Over 76,123 1,535 73,598

Male 15 Years Old and Over 38,204 786 36,911
Female 15 Years Old and Over 37,919 817 36,575
Labor Force 49,558 1,094 47,758
Male 29,062 632 28,022
Female 20,497 532 19,622
Employed 46,274 1,035 44,571
Male 27,212 604 26,219
Female 19,062 503 18,235
Underemployed 1, 2 6,811 417 6,126
Male 4,540 286 4,069
Female 2,271 164 2,002
Unemployed 3,284 180 2,988
Male 1,849 111 1,667
Female 1,434 109 1,255

Total Population 15 Years Old and Over

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 65.1 0.5 64.3
Male Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 76.1 0.5 75.2
Female Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 54.1 0.7 53.0
Employment Rate(%) 93.4 0.3 92.8
Male Employment Rate(%) 93.6 0.4 93.0
Female Employment Rate(%) 93.0 0.5 92.2
Underemployment Rate (%) 14.7 0.9 13.3
Male Underemployment Rate (%) 16.7 1.0 15.0
Female Underemployment Rate (%) 11.9 0.8 10.6
Unemployment Rate (%) 6.6 0.3 6.1
Male Unemployment Rate(%) 6.4 0.4 5.8
Female Unemployment Rate(%) 7.0 0.5 6.2

Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

p - Preliminary.

f - Final.
1-
Includes number of underemployed persons who were with jobs but did not work during the reference period.
 2-
Includes number of underemployed persons but with unreported hours worked
NEET - Not in employment, education or training
3 - Preliminary estimates in January 2022 excludes Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Island.
All estimates used the 2015 POPCEN-based Population Projection.

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey

 January 2022p, 3 February 2022p

90% Confidence
90% Confidence Interval)
Interval) Standard Standard
Estimate Estimate
Error Error
Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

78,649 75,895 492 75084.82 76704.2 76,154 1,712

39,498 38,069 252 37654.929 38482.515 38,309 908
39,263 37,826 253 37409.723 38241.853 37,845 854
51,358 45,943 313 45427.825 46459.161 48,606 1,126
30,101 27,736 192 27419.512 28051.948 28,994 715
21,372 18,208 141 17975.956 18439.57 19,612 483
47,978 43,018 294 42533.755 43502.377 45,480 1,082
28,206 26,044 182 25743.932 26344.288 27,286 683
19,890 16,974 132 16756.453 17191.457 18,194 473
7,496 6,397 105 6223.628 6569.548 6,382 402
5,011 4,271 72 4152.817 4389.249 4,158 251
2,541 2,126 41 2057.691 2193.417 2,224 183
3,579 2,925 48 2846.003 3004.851 3,126 159
2,031 1,692 32 1639.448 1743.79 1,708 103
1,614 1,234 27 1190.008 1277.608 1,418 98

65.9 60.5 0.1 60.3 60.8 63.8 0.5

77.0 72.9 0.2 72.6 73.1 75.7 0.6
55.1 48.1 0.2 47.8 48.4 51.8 0.7
93.9 93.6 0.1 93.5 93.8 93.6 0.3
94.2 93.9 0.1 93.7 94.1 94.1 0.3
93.8 93.2 0.1 93.0 93.4 92.8 0.5
16.1 14.9 0.2 14.5 15.2 14.0 0.8
18.4 16.4 0.3 16.0 16.8 15.2 0.9
13.3 12.5 0.2 12.2 12.9 12.2 1.0
7.2 6.4 0.1 6.2 6.5 6.4 0.3
7.0 6.1 0.1 5.9 6.3 5.9 0.3
7.8 6.8 0.1 6.6 7.0 7.2 0.5
 December 2021f, Januar

uary 2022p March 2022p April 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard
Estimate Estimate
Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

73,338 78,970 76,256 1,572 73,671 78,842 76,374

36,815 39,803 38,297 802 36,977 39,617 38,341
36,440 39,249 37,959 824 36,603 39,315 38,033
46,754 50,458 49,850 1,092 48,053 51,647 48,393
27,817 30,170 29,468 670 28,366 30,571 28,795
18,818 20,407 20,382 519 19,527 21,236 19,599
43,700 47,261 46,975 1,024 45,291 48,660 45,631
26,163 28,408 27,900 634 26,858 28,943 27,145
17,416 18,973 19,075 486 18,275 19,874 18,486
5,721 7,043 7,422 472 6,645 8,198 6,399
3,745 4,570 4,883 320 4,356 5,409 4,180
1,923 2,526 2,539 179 2,245 2,833 2,219
2,864 3,388 2,875 168 2,599 3,151 2,762
1,539 1,877 1,568 103 1,398 1,737 1,650
1,257 1,580 1,307 105 1,135 1,480 1,112

63.1 64.6 65.4 0.4 64.7 66.1 63.4

74.8 76.6 77.0 0.5 76.1 77.8 75.1
50.8 52.9 53.7 0.7 52.6 54.8 51.5
93.1 94.1 94.2 0.3 93.7 94.7 94.3
93.6 94.7 94.7 0.3 94.2 95.2 94.3
92.0 93.6 93.6 0.5 92.8 94.4 94.3
12.7 15.4 15.8 1.0 14.2 17.4 14.0
13.8 16.6 17.5 1.1 15.7 19.3 15.4
10.6 13.8 13.3 0.9 11.8 14.8 12.0
5.9 6.9 5.8 0.3 5.3 6.3 5.7
5.4 6.4 5.3 0.3 4.8 5.8 5.7
6.4 8.1 6.4 0.5 5.6 7.2 5.7
 TABLE D - Key Employment Indicators by Sex
December 2021f, January 2022p, February 2022p, March 2022p, April 2022p, May 2022p, June 2022p, Jul
(In Thousands Ex

April 2022p May 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard Standard
Estimate
Error Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

972 74,775 77,973 76,532 1,550 73,982 79,081

498 37,522 39,159 38,472 811 37,137 39,806
497 37,216 38,850 38,060 794 36,755 39,366
645 47,332 49,455 49,011 1,069 47,253 50,769
387 28,157 29,432 29,048 650 27,979 30,117
290 19,121 20,076 19,963 484 19,167 20,760
615 44,619 46,644 46,084 1,006 44,429 47,738
370 26,536 27,754 27,323 617 26,307 28,338
278 18,029 18,944 18,761 455 18,012 19,509
208 6,057 6,741 6,668 394 6,020 7,316
137 3,954 4,406 4,308 257 3,886 4,730
84 2,080 2,358 2,360 167 2,084 2,635
82 2,628 2,897 2,927 180 2,631 3,223
55 1,560 1,740 1,725 118 1,531 1,919
46 1,036 1,188 1,203 96 1,044 1,361

0.2 63.0 63.8 64.0 0.5 63.2 64.9

0.3 74.7 75.5 75.5 0.6 74.5 76.5
0.4 51.0 52.1 52.5 0.7 51.4 53.6
0.2 94.0 94.5 94.0 0.3 93.5 94.6
0.2 94.0 94.6 94.1 0.4 93.4 94.7
0.2 94.0 94.7 94.0 0.5 93.2 94.7
0.4 13.3 14.7 14.5 0.8 13.2 15.8
0.5 14.6 16.2 15.8 0.9 14.4 17.2
0.4 11.3 12.7 12.6 0.8 11.2 14.0
0.2 5.5 6.0 6.0 0.3 5.4 6.5
0.2 5.4 6.0 5.9 0.4 5.3 6.6
0.2 5.3 6.0 6.0 0.5 5.3 6.8
 ment Indicators by Sex with Measures of Precision, Philippines:
ay 2022p, June 2022p, July 2022p, August 2022p, September 2022p, October 2022p, November 2022p, and
(In Thousands Except Rates)

June 2022p July 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard Standard
Estimate Estimate
Error Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit

76,540 1,780 73,612 79,469 76,639 871 75,206

38,343 898 36,866 39,821 38,466 447 37,731
38,197 926 36,673 39,721 38,174 454 37,427
49,581 1,153 47,684 51,479 49,994 574 49,049
29,273 706 28,112 30,435 29,404 346 28,834
20,308 527 19,441 21,175 20,589 264 20,155
46,592 1,078 44,819 48,364 47,391 551 46,486
27,691 667 26,594 28,788 27,904 330 27,361
18,901 498 18,081 19,720 19,487 258 19,064
5,888 390 5,246 6,529 6,543 189 6,232
3,904 269 3,462 4,346 4,280 125 4,075
1,984 153 1,732 2,236 2,262 79 2,132
2,990 180 2,694 3,286 2,602 76 2,477
1,583 111 1,400 1,765 1,500 56 1,407
1,407 101 1,241 1,574 1,102 39 1,038

64.8 0.4 64.1 65.5 65.2 0.2 64.8

76.4 0.5 75.5 77.2 76.4 0.3 76.0
53.2 0.7 52.1 54.3 53.9 0.4 53.4
94.0 0.3 93.4 94.5 94.8 0.1 94.6
94.6 0.4 94.0 95.2 94.9 0.2 94.6
93.1 0.5 92.3 93.8 94.7 0.2 94.3
12.6 0.8 11.3 14.0 13.8 0.4 13.2
14.1 0.9 12.6 15.6 15.3 0.4 14.7
10.5 0.8 9.2 11.8 11.6 0.4 11.0
6.0 0.3 5.5 6.6 5.2 0.1 5.0
5.4 0.4 4.8 6.0 5.1 0.2 4.8
6.9 0.5 6.2 7.7 5.4 0.2 5.1
2p, November 2022p, and December 2022p

August 2022p September 2022p

% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard Standard
Estimate Estimate
Error Error
Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

78,072 76,519 1,684 73,749 79,289 76,832 1,693

39,200 38,368 908 36,875 39,861 38,511 872
38,920 38,150 847 36,757 39,544 38,321 871
50,938 50,551 1,174 48,620 52,482 50,080 1,149
29,974 29,236 706 28,074 30,398 29,088 678
21,024 21,315 554 20,403 22,226 20,992 529
48,297 47,870 1,124 46,022 49,718 47,583 1,104
28,447 27,786 661 26,699 28,874 27,766 661
19,911 20,083 546 19,185 20,982 19,817 508
6,854 7,031 357 6,444 7,617 7,326 500
4,486 4,584 241 4,188 4,980 4,608 311
2,393 2,447 153 2,195 2,698 2,718 221
2,727 2,681 143 2,445 2,917 2,497 157
1,593 1,450 98 1,288 1,611 1,323 89
1,167 1,231 93 1,077 1,385 1,175 110

65.6 66.1 0.4 65.4 66.8 65.2 0.4

76.9 76.2 0.5 75.4 77.0 75.5 0.5
54.5 55.9 0.7 54.8 57.0 54.8 0.6
95.0 94.7 0.3 94.3 95.1 95.0 0.3
95.2 95.0 0.3 94.6 95.5 95.5 0.3
95.0 94.2 0.4 93.5 95.0 94.4 0.5
14.4 14.7 0.7 13.6 15.8 15.4 1.0
16.0 16.5 0.8 15.2 17.8 16.6 1.0
12.2 12.2 0.7 11.0 13.3 13.7 1.0
5.4 5.3 0.3 4.9 5.7 5.0 0.3
5.4 5.0 0.3 4.5 5.4 4.6 0.3
5.7 5.8 0.4 5.1 6.5 5.6 0.5
ember 2022p October 2022p November 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard
Estimate Estimate
Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

74,047 79,616 76,925 920 75,411 78,439 76,914

37,076 39,945 38,683 465 37,918 39,447 38,568
36,888 39,754 38,243 482 37,449 39,036 38,346
48,190 51,971 49,348 592 48,374 50,322 51,883
27,973 30,204 28,977 357 28,389 29,565 29,714
20,121 21,862 20,371 274 19,921 20,821 22,169
45,767 49,398 47,106 569 46,170 48,042 49,706
26,678 28,853 27,683 345 27,115 28,251 28,435
18,982 20,652 19,423 262 18,992 19,854 21,271
6,504 8,148 6,673 216 6,318 7,028 7,161
4,097 5,119 4,394 143 4,158 4,630 4,590
2,354 3,082 2,279 87 2,136 2,423 2,571
2,239 2,756 2,241 73 2,122 2,361 2,177
1,176 1,470 1,294 51 1,210 1,378 1,278
993 1,356 948 39 884 1,011 898

64.5 65.9 64.2 0.2 63.8 64.6 67.5

74.6 76.4 74.9 0.3 74.5 75.4 77.0
53.8 55.8 53.3 0.4 52.7 53.8 57.8
94.5 95.5 95.5 0.1 95.2 95.7 95.8
95.0 95.9 95.5 0.2 95.3 95.8 95.7
93.6 95.2 95.4 0.2 95.1 95.6 95.9
13.8 17.0 14.2 0.4 13.4 14.9 14.4
14.9 18.3 15.9 0.5 15.1 16.7 16.1
12.0 15.4 11.7 0.4 11.0 12.5 12.1
4.5 5.5 4.5 0.1 4.3 4.8 4.2
4.1 5.0 4.5 0.2 4.2 4.7 4.3
4.8 6.4 4.7 0.2 4.4 4.9 4.1
November 2022p December 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

Standard Standard
Estimate
Error Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

1,863 73,850 79,979 77,153 1,459 74,753 79,553

954 36,999 40,137 38,716 767 37,454 39,977
964 36,760 39,932 38,437 763 37,183 39,692
1,278 49,780 53,986 51,222 1,017 49,549 52,895
751 28,479 30,949 29,703 613 28,695 30,711
595 21,190 23,148 21,519 489 20,714 22,323
1,220 47,699 51,713 49,002 975 47,399 50,606
717 27,257 29,614 28,548 586 27,584 29,513
570 20,332 22,209 20,454 466 19,688 21,220
378 6,539 7,783 6,197 364 5,599 6,795
265 4,154 5,026 3,958 243 3,558 4,359
158 2,311 2,831 2,238 152 1,988 2,489
132 1,959 2,394 2,220 129 2,007 2,432
91 1,128 1,428 1,155 92 1,003 1,306
72 780 1,017 1,065 80 933 1,197

0.5 66.7 68.2 66.4 0.5 65.6 67.2

0.5 76.1 77.9 76.7 0.5 75.8 77.6
0.7 56.7 58.9 56.0 0.7 54.9 57.1
0.2 95.4 96.2 95.7 0.2 95.3 96.1
0.3 95.2 96.2 96.1 0.3 95.6 96.6
0.3 95.5 96.4 95.1 0.3 94.5 95.6
0.7 13.2 15.6 12.6 0.7 11.5 13.8
0.9 14.7 17.6 13.9 0.8 12.5 15.2
0.7 11.0 13.2 10.9 0.7 9.8 12.1
0.2 3.8 4.6 4.3 0.2 3.9 4.7
0.3 3.8 4.8 3.9 0.3 3.4 4.4
0.3 3.6 4.5 4.9 0.3 4.4 5.5
Increment/ (Decrement)

December December
2022p - 2022p -
December November
2021f 2022p

1,030 239
511 147
518 91
1,664 -661
642 -11
1,022 -650
2,728 -704
1,336 113
1,392 -817
-614 -964
-581 -632
-33 -333
-1,064 43
-694 -124
-370 166

1 -1
1 0
2 -2
2 0
2 0
2 -1
-2 -2
-3 -2
-1 -1
-2 0
-2 0
-2 1