Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Bureau of Local Employment
Intramuros, Manila

EMPLOYMENT DATA IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

Table 1. Number of Employed Persons in the Sub-sectors Related to the Film
Industry, Philippines: 2016-2019
(In thousands)

2016 2017 2018 2019

All Industries 40,839 40,334 41,157 42,428
18 Printing and Reproduction of
86 85 94 102
Recorded Media
59 Motion Picture, Video and Television
Programme Production, Sound
9 13 8 14
Recording and Music Publishing
Activities
60 Programming and Broadcasting
26 26 28 26
Activities
78 Employment Activities 58 68 54 70
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Labor Force Survey (LFS) Public Use Files (PUF)

● Based on PSA’s 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) codes, the
following sub-sectors are related to the film industry: Printing and Reproduction of
Recorded Media (Code 18); Motion Picture, Video and Television Programme
Production, Sound Recording and Music Publishing Activities (Code 59); Programming
and Broadcasting Activities (Code 60); and Employment Activities (Code 78).

● As presented in Table 1, most sub-sectors related to the film industries showed an

increase in employment level from 2016 to 2019 except for Programming and
Broadcasting Activities.

● The sub-sectors with the highest increase in employment were Printing and
Reproduction of Recorded Media (19.3% or +17,000), and Employment Activities
(21.2% or +12,000).
 Table 1. Philippine Standard Industrial Classifications related to the Film
Industry

Sub-
Section Division Group Class Industry Description
class
C MANUFACTURING
PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION OF
18
RECORDED MEDIA
181 Printing and service activities related to printing
1811 18110 Printing
1812 Service activities related to printing
182 1820 Reproduction of recorded media
18201 Reproduction of video and computer tapes from
mastercopies
18202 Reproduction of floppy, hard or compact disks
18203 Film and video reproduction
MOTION PICTURE, VIDEO AND TELEVISION
PROGRAMME PRODUCTION, SOUND
59
RECORDING AND MUSIC PUBLISHING
ACTIVITIES
591 5911 59110 Motion picture, video and television programme
activities
5912 59120 Motion picture, video and television programme
post-production activities
5913 59130 Motion picture, video and television programme
distribution activities
5914 59140 Motion picture projection activities
592 5920 Sound recording and music publishing activities
59201 Sound recording activities
59202 Publishing of music
PROGRAMMING AND BROADCASTING
60
ACTIVITIES
601 6010 Radio broadcasting
60101 Radio broadcasting and relay station and studios
60102 Radio program production
60103 Radio broadcasting activities over the Internet
(Internet radio stations)
602 6020 Television programming and broadcasting
activities
60201 Television broadcasting and relay stations and
studios including closed circuit television services
60202 Television program production
60203 Television broadcasting activities over the Internet
(Internet television stations)
78 EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES
781 7810 Activities of employment placement agencies
78101 Labor recruitment and provision of personnel,
local
78102 Labor recruitment and provision of personnel,
overseas
78103 On-line employment placement agencies
78104 Casting agencies activities
 78105 Theatrical booking agency activities
78109 Other activities of employment placement
agencies, n.e.c.
782 7820 Temporary employment agency activities
78201 Temporary labor recruitment and provision of
personnel, local
78202 Temporary labor recruitment and provision of
personnel, overseas
783 7830 78300 Other human resources provision
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classifications (PSIC)
Link: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/PSA_PSIC_2009.pdf