TABLE 3.16a - Employed Men by Region and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP Region VI - Western Visayas 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 Region VII - Central Visayas 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 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 1,828 1,827 1,919 1,926 215 37 33 50 242 37 28 57 242 41 27 64 239 40 29 63 165 365 124 120 714 5 174 350 133 118 684 4 180 388 149 116 707 6 172 377 151 115 735 5 1,661 1,673 1,758 1,816 187 41 42 62 270 42 37 67 210 46 36 81 227 45 43 84 174 367 243 129 413 3 180 287 254 114 420 2 197 359 264 122 440 1 200 354 263 130 467 2 1,118 1,154 658 637 113 20 14 24 132 19 15 27 61 12 9 11 59 14 7 14 88 307 62 47 441 4 96 304 62 44 450 4 44 214 33 18 255 1 44 189 41 20 248 1 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 - 93