Labor and Employment

Labor Force Characteristics

Indicator
Employment Rate
Underemployment Rate
Labor Force Participation Rate
Unemployment Rate

March 5, 2020

The employment rate in January 2020 was estimated at 94.7 percent. In January 2019, the employment rate was the same at 94.7 percent.

March 4, 2020	TABLE 4 Total Population 15 Years Old and Over and Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment
February 13, 2020	Employment Situation in July 2019
February 4, 2020	July 2019 Statistical Tables

June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019	Statistical Tables on Overseas Contract Workers (OCW): 2018
April 30, 2019	Total Number of OFWs Estimated at 2.3 Million (Results from the 2018 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)
May 28, 2018	Statistical Tables on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW): 2017

December 9, 2015

Based on the final results of the 2011 SOC, the estimated number of children aged 5 to 17 years who worked for at least one hour during the past week in October 2011 was 3.3 million. They accounted for 12.4 percent of the estimated 26.6 million... Read more about Estimated Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old Who Worked During The Past Week Was 3.3 Million (Final Results of the 2011 Survey on Children)

July 18, 2012	The number of working children 5 to 17 years old is estimated at 5.5 million (Preliminary Results of the 2011 Survey on Children)
May 2, 2012	NSO and ILO-IPEC set to present final results of the latest survey on children
October 11, 2002	Statistics on Filipino Children (Results from the 1995 National Survey on Working Children)

View all LFS reports published by year.

Title of Publication	Date Released
Survey on Overseas Filipinos	Nov 2011
Survey on Overseas Filipinos (SOF)