The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the September 2021 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 04 November 2021 (Thursday) at 9:00 AM through a video conference using Zoom.

Unemployment rate in July 2021 was estimated at 6.9 percent and it is the lowest since the pandemic in April 2020. In terms of magnitude, there were 3.1 million unemployed persons 15 years old and over in July 2021 which is lower by 1.5 million than the 4.6 million reported in July 2020. The July 2021 figure is also lower by 0.7 million than the 3.8 million reported in June 2021.