TABLE 3.9 - Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group and Sex,
Philippines: 2012 - 2016
(In Thousands)
MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP AND SEX
BOTH SEXES
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
MEN
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
WOMEN
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
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
22,849
23,150
23,365
23,406
2,941
578
534
798
3,264
609
500
855
3,248
648
478
912
3,362
659
505
940
2,240
4,478
2,057
1,768
7,354
100
2,307
4,215
2,154
1,755
7,398
93
2,393
4,352
2,204
1,732
7,298
101
2,402
4,134
2,193
1,789
7,325
96
14,751
14,968
15,286
15,335
2,667
1,229
495
1,318
2,909
1,265
496
1,393
2,918
1,277
512
1,492
2,929
1,330
526
1,551
2,313
819
454
246
5,193
17
2,387
779
446
272
5,005
15
2,463
866
422
268
5,050
17
2,523
866
399
294
4,898
18
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.
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