Unemployment rate in January 2023 was estimated at 4.8 percent, translating to 2.37 million unemployed Filipinos. This estimated rate is lower than the unemployment rate reported in the same month in 2022 at 6.4 percent.
Labor Force Survey
The country’s unemployment rate in December 2022 was estimated at 4.3 percent, the second lowest since April 2005, following the 4.2 percent in November 2022.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the December 2022 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 08 February 2023 (Wednesday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the... Read more about Press Conference on the December 2022 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results
The unemployment rate in the country in November 2022 was posted at 4.2 percent from 4.5 percent in October 2022 and 6.5 percent in November 2021. The estimated unemployment rate in November 2022 was the lowest since April 2005. (Table A)
The country’s employment rate continued to pick-up to 95.5 percent in October 2022, from 95.0 percent in the previous month. The estimated employment rate this October 2022 was the highest rate recorded since January 2020 and registered to have... Read more about Employment Rate in October 2022 is Estimated at 95.5 Percent
Employment rate in the country was estimated at 95.0 percent in September 2022 from 94.7 percent in the previous month. The employment rate in September 2022 was the highest recorded rate since January 2020. In September 2021, employment rate was... Read more about Employment Rate in September 2022 is Estimated at 95.0 Percent
Employment rate in August 2022 was estimated at 94.7 percent. This was higher than the recorded employment rate in the same period last year, which was estimated at 91.9 percent, but was slightly lower than the 94.8 percent estimate in July 2022... Read more about Employment Rate in August 2022 is Estimated at 94.7 Percent
The country’s employment rate continued to pick-up to 94.8 percent in July 2022, from 94.0 percent in the previous month. In terms of level, the number of employed persons in July 2022 was estimated at 47.39 million, from 41.67 million in the... Read more about Employment Rate in July 2022 is Estimated at 94.8 Percent
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the July 2022 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 08 September 2022 (Thursday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the Media... Read more about Press Conference on the July 2022 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results
The country’s employment rate in June 2022 remained the same as the 94.0 percent employment rate reported a month ago. This was higher than the employment rate of 92.3 percent registered in the same period of 2021