December 2021f

Sector/Subsector/Hours Worked 90% Confidence

Standard Interval)
Estimate
Error
Lower Limit

EMPLOYED PERSONS 46,274 1,035 44,571

Number (in thousands)

SECTOR

Agriculture 100.0
Agriculture and forestry 88.9 1.4 86.6
Fishing and aquaculture 11.1 1.4 8.7

Industry 100.0
Mining and quarrying 2.3 0.5 1.5
Manufacturing 44.8 2.0 41.5
Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply 0.8 0.2 0.5
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remedi 0.9 0.2 0.5
Construction 51.2 1.9 48.0

Services 100.0
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles an 37.9 1.0 36.3
Transportation and storage 11.5 0.5 10.8
Accommodation and food service activities 5.9 0.4 5.3
Information and communication 1.5 0.2 1.2
Financial and insurance activities 2.3 0.2 1.9
Real estate activities 1.1 0.2 0.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities 1.2 0.2 0.9
Administrative and support service activities 7.8 0.5 7.0
Public administration and defense; compulsory social se 11.2 0.5 10.3
Education 5.1 0.4 4.5
Human health and social work activities 3.1 0.3 2.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.6 0.2 1.3
Other service activities 9.7 0.5 8.8
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies - - -
 HOURS WORKED 100.0

Less than 40 hours 36.3 0.9 34.9

Worked 40 hours and over 62.7 0.9 61.2
With a job, not at work 1.0 0.2 0.7

Mean hours worked in one week 39.7 0.3 39.1

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

p - Preliminary.
f - Final.

"-" indicator equals to 0 or no data

All estimates used the 2015 POPCEN-based Population Projection.

1 - Preliminary estimates in January 2022 excludes Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Island.
2 - Lower limit was negative, thus, this was replaced to zero
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey
 January 2022p, 1 February 2022p

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

47,978 43,018 294 42,534 43,502 45,480 1,082

100.0 100.0
91.3 87.5 0.4 86.8 88.2 88.6 1.5
13.4 12.5 0.4 11.8 13.2 11.4 1.5

100.0 100.0
3.1 2.3 0.1 2.1 2.5 2.8 0.6
48.1 43.7 0.5 42.8 44.5 41.7 2.0
1.2 1.0 0.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.2
1.3 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.2 0.6 0.2
54.4 52.0 0.5 51.1 52.8 54.0 1.9

100.0 100.0
39.5 35.5 0.2 35.1 35.9 38.0 1.0
12.3 12.5 0.1 12.2 12.7 11.8 0.5
6.5 6.0 0.1 5.8 6.2 6.3 0.4
1.8 1.9 0.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 0.3
2.6 2.4 0.1 2.3 2.6 2.1 0.2
1.4 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.3
1.6 1.5 0.1 1.5 1.6 1.3 0.2
8.6 8.6 0.1 8.4 8.8 7.2 0.4
12.0 10.7 0.1 10.5 10.9 10.7 0.5
5.8 5.6 0.1 5.5 5.8 5.4 0.3
3.6 2.6 0.1 2.5 2.7 2.9 0.3
2.0 1.5 0.1 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.2
10.5 10.3 0.1 10.1 10.6 9.9 0.5
- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 100.0 100.0

37.8 30.3 0.2 29.9 30.7 32.9 0.9

64.2 69.2 0.2 68.8 69.6 66.4 0.9
1.3 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.1

40.2 41.8 0.1 41.7 41.9 40.8 0.3

 TABLE 2 Employed Persons by
December 2021f, January 2022p, February 2022p, March 2022p, April 2022p,

February 2022p March 2022p April 2022p

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

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

43,700 47,261 46,975 1,024 45,291 48,660 45,631

100.0 100.0
86.1 91.1 88.9 2.3 85.1 92.7 88.0
8.9 13.9 11.1 2.3 7.3 14.9 12.0

100.0 100.0
1.7 3.9 2.4 0.5 1.5 3.2 2.4
38.5 44.9 44.2 1.6 41.6 46.8 43.4
0.5 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.6 1.7 1.2
0.3 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.5 1.3 0.8
50.9 57.2 51.4 1.6 48.7 54.1 52.1

100.0 100.0
36.4 39.7 37.3 0.8 36.0 38.7 37.1
11.0 12.6 11.3 0.5 10.5 12.2 11.9
5.6 7.0 5.8 0.4 5.1 6.4 6.5
1.5 2.5 1.9 0.2 1.5 2.2 1.6
1.8 2.5 2.8 0.2 2.4 3.2 2.3
0.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.9
1.0 1.7 1.1 0.1 0.8 1.3 1.3
6.5 7.9 8.3 0.5 7.5 9.1 7.8
9.9 11.4 11.2 0.6 10.3 12.2 10.4
4.9 6.0 5.1 0.3 4.6 5.6 5.5
2.5 3.3 2.6 0.2 2.2 3.0 2.7
1.0 1.6 1.7 0.2 1.3 2.1 1.7
9.1 10.6 10.0 0.5 9.2 10.7 10.2
0 2/ 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0
 100.0 100.0

31.5 34.3 33.8 0.9 32.3 35.2 35.7

65.0 67.9 65.5 0.9 64.0 67.0 63.3
0.5 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.0

40.3 41.4 40.6 0.3 40.1 41.1 40.1

TABLE 2 Employed Persons by Sector, Subsector, and Hours Worked, with Measures of Precision, Philippines:
y 2022p, March 2022p, April 2022p, May 2022p, June 2022p, July 2022p, August 2022p, September 2022p, October 2022p, No
(In Percent)

April 2022p May 2022p June

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

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

615 44,619 46,644 46,084 1,006 44,429 47,738 46,592

100.0 100.0
0.8 86.6 89.4 86.2 2.2 82.7 89.8 87.7
0.8 10.6 13.4 13.8 2.2 10.2 17.3 12.3

100.0 100.0
0.3 1.8 3.0 2.3 0.5 1.5 3.1 3.8
1.2 41.5 45.3 42.7 1.9 39.6 45.8 41.2
0.2 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.6 1.5 0.9
0.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.8 1.8 0.8
1.1 50.3 53.9 52.6 1.9 49.5 55.8 53.3

100.0 100.0
0.4 36.4 37.8 40.2 1.0 38.6 41.9 36.9
0.2 11.5 12.3 11.8 0.5 11.0 12.6 11.9
0.2 6.2 6.9 6.5 0.4 5.8 7.2 6.4
0.1 1.5 1.8 1.6 0.2 1.3 1.9 1.6
0.1 2.1 2.4 2.1 0.2 1.8 2.5 2.0
0.1 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.7
0.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.4 1.3
0.2 7.5 8.2 7.6 0.4 6.9 8.3 8.3
0.2 10.0 10.8 9.6 0.5 8.8 10.3 10.5
0.2 5.2 5.8 5.0 0.3 4.5 5.5 5.7
0.1 2.5 2.9 2.5 0.2 2.1 2.9 2.6
0.1 1.6 1.9 1.3 0.2 1.0 1.5 1.4
0.3 9.8 10.7 9.9 0.5 9.1 10.8 10.8
0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0
 100.0 100.0

0.5 34.9 36.5 36.3 0.8 35.0 37.6 33.6

0.5 62.4 64.1 62.6 0.8 61.3 63.9 65.6
0.1 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.9 1.3 0.8

0.2 39.9 40.4 39.8 0.3 39.3 40.2 40.3

sion, Philippines:
022p, October 2022p, November 2022p, and December 2022p

June 2022p July 2022p August 20

90% Confidence Interval) 90% Confidence Interval)

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

1,078 44,819 48,364 47,391 551 46,486 48,297 47,870

100.0 100.0
1.8 84.8 90.6 87.4 0.9 86.0 88.8 89.7
1.8 9.4 15.2 12.6 0.9 11.2 14.0 10.3

100.0 100.0
1.0 2.1 5.5 2.3 0.3 1.9 2.7 3.1
2.0 37.9 44.4 41.7 0.9 40.1 43.2 43.9
0.2 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.1 0.9 1.4 1.4
0.2 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.7
1.9 50.2 56.4 53.9 0.9 52.5 55.4 51.0

100.0 100.0
0.9 35.4 38.4 38.3 0.4 37.6 38.9 38.5
0.5 11.1 12.6 11.3 0.3 10.9 11.7 11.9
0.4 5.6 7.1 6.8 0.2 6.5 7.2 6.7
0.2 1.3 1.9 1.5 0.1 1.4 1.7 1.7
0.2 1.6 2.3 2.3 0.1 2.1 2.5 2.5
0.1 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.8
0.2 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.4 1.5
0.6 7.3 9.2 7.9 0.2 7.6 8.3 7.8
0.5 9.7 11.3 10.4 0.2 10.0 10.7 10.2
0.4 5.1 6.3 5.0 0.2 4.7 5.3 5.1
0.3 2.1 3.0 2.5 0.1 2.3 2.7 2.3
0.2 1.1 1.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 1.9 1.4
0.5 9.9 11.6 10.2 0.2 9.8 10.6 9.8
0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0
 100.0 100.0

0.9 32.2 35.1 34.0 0.4 33.3 34.6 33.2

0.9 64.1 67.0 65.0 0.4 64.4 65.7 65.6
0.1 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.9 1.1 1.3

0.3 39.8 40.8 40.5 0.1 40.2 40.7 40.5

 August 2022p September 2022p October 2022p

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

1,124 46,022 49,718 47,583 1,104 45,767 49,398 47,106

100.0 100.0
1.4 87.4 92.0 89.5 1.3 87.4 91.7 86.9
1.4 8.0 12.6 10.5 1.3 8.3 12.6 13.1

100.0 100.0
0.7 1.9 4.2 2.3 0.5 1.5 3.1 2.7
1.6 41.2 46.6 50.3 3.1 45.2 55.4 42.5
0.5 0.6 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.1 1.2
0.2 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.6
1.8 48.1 53.8 46.0 2.9 41.1 50.8 53.0

100.0 100.0
0.8 37.1 39.9 38.2 0.7 37.0 39.4 37.2
0.4 11.2 12.6 12.4 0.5 11.6 13.1 12.2
0.4 6.0 7.3 6.6 0.4 6.0 7.2 6.7
0.2 1.4 2.0 1.7 0.2 1.4 2.0 1.7
0.2 2.1 2.9 2.5 0.2 2.1 2.8 2.3
0.1 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.1 0.6 1.1 0.8
0.2 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.2
0.6 6.8 8.8 6.9 0.4 6.3 7.5 8.3
0.5 9.4 10.9 10.8 0.6 9.9 11.8 9.9
0.3 4.6 5.7 5.8 0.4 5.2 6.4 5.4
0.2 1.9 2.6 2.2 0.2 1.8 2.5 2.5
0.2 1.1 1.7 1.1 0.1 0.9 1.3 1.5
0.5 9.0 10.6 9.7 0.5 8.9 10.4 10.2
0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2/ 0.0 0.0
 100.0 100.0

0.9 31.7 34.6 34.2 0.9 32.7 35.6 33.9

0.9 64.1 67.0 64.7 0.9 63.2 66.2 65.2
0.2 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.1 0.9 1.4 0.9

0.3 39.9 41.0 39.6 0.3 39.1 40.2 40.2

 October 2022p November 2022p December 2022p

90% Confidence 90% Confidence

Standard Interval) Standard Interval)
Estimate Estimate
Error Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

569 46,170 48,042 49,706 1,220 47,699 51,713 49,002

100.0 100.0
0.8 85.6 88.3 89.0 1.7 86.2 91.7 87.5
0.8 11.7 14.4 11.0 1.7 8.3 13.8 12.5

100.0 100.0
0.4 2.1 3.3 2.6 0.6 1.6 3.6 2.0
1.1 40.6 44.3 48.3 2.0 45.0 51.6 44.7
0.2 0.9 1.4 1.7 0.4 1.1 2.3 1.1
0.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.4 0.7
1.1 51.2 54.8 46.4 1.9 43.2 49.6 51.4

100.0 100.0
0.4 36.6 37.9 37.6 0.8 36.3 39.0 37.9
0.2 11.8 12.6 11.1 0.4 10.5 11.8 11.4
0.2 6.4 7.1 7.5 0.4 6.9 8.1 7.0
0.1 1.5 1.9 2.1 0.2 1.7 2.5 1.6
0.1 2.2 2.5 2.3 0.3 1.9 2.8 2.4
0.1 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.2 1.0 1.5 0.7
0.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.0
0.3 7.9 8.7 7.7 0.5 6.9 8.4 8.9
0.2 9.6 10.3 9.9 0.4 9.1 10.6 9.8
0.2 5.1 5.7 5.0 0.3 4.5 5.6 5.3
0.1 2.3 2.7 2.5 0.2 2.1 2.8 1.7
0.1 1.3 1.7 1.8 0.2 1.5 2.1 1.4
0.2 9.8 10.6 9.9 0.4 9.3 10.5 10.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - -
 100.0 100.0

0.4 33.2 34.6 36.5 0.8 35.2 37.8 34.1

0.4 64.5 65.9 62.5 0.8 61.3 63.8 65.0
0.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.9

0.2 39.9 40.4 39.3 0.3 38.8 39.8 40.3

 December 2022p

90% Confidence
Standard Interval)
Error
Lower Limit Upper Limit

975 47,399 50,606

1.6 84.9 90.1

1.6 9.9 15.1

0.4 1.4 2.7

1.8 41.9 47.6
0.2 0.7 1.5
0.2 0.4 1.0
1.7 48.6 54.2

0.8 36.6 39.1

0.5 10.6 12.3
0.4 6.4 7.6
0.2 1.3 2.0
0.2 2.0 2.7
0.1 0.6 0.9
0.1 0.8 1.3
0.5 8.1 9.6
0.4 9.1 10.5
0.4 4.6 6.0
0.2 1.5 2.0
0.2 1.0 1.8
0.5 10.0 11.5
- - -
0.7 32.9 35.3
0.7 63.8 66.2
0.1 0.7 1.1

0.3 39.9 40.8