TABLE 3.16 - Employed Persons by Region and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (In Thousands) REGION AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP PHILIPPINES 2012 2013 2014 2015 37,600 38,118 38,651 38,741 5,608 1,807 1,030 2,116 6,173 1,874 996 2,248 6,166 1,925 990 2,403 6,292 1,990 1,030 2,492 4,554 5,297 2,511 2,014 12,547 116 4,694 4,994 2,600 2,027 12,403 108 4,856 5,218 2,626 2,001 12,348 119 4,926 5,000 2,592 2,084 12,223 114 4,490 4,603 4,743 4,752 851 338 225 542 860 359 217 598 886 363 211 651 897 378 223 641 743 15 420 376 963 18 738 13 429 397 979 12 741 17 428 374 1,056 17 726 15 423 393 1,041 15 727 735 752 759 80 40 21 26 97 40 22 28 94 42 20 35 97 43 22 34 60 156 43 26 272 2 58 161 42 24 261 3 63 165 36 23 270 4 66 164 38 22 270 4 Officials of Government and Special-Interest Organizations, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerks Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen Trades and Related Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Laborers and Unskilled Workers Special Occupations National Capital Region Officials of Government and Special-Interest Organizations, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerks Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen Trades and Related Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Laborers and Unskilled Workers Special Occupations Cordillera Administrative Region Officials of Government and Special-Interest Organizations, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerks Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen Trades and Related Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Laborers and Unskilled Workers Special Occupations Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Data for the year were averages of four survey rounds (January, April, July and October). 3. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude Leyte province while that of January exclude Region VIII. 4. Annualized data for 2015 refer to the average of the four survey rounds that exlude Leyte. The use of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte was based on the results of the referendum conducted among members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics (IACLPS). 5. Starting April 2016 round, the Labor Force Survey (LFS) adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH population projections. 6. Annualized data for 2016 was computed as the average of the four survey rounds using the January 2016 round that was based on the 2010 CPH population projections. 3 - 79