TABLE 3.16 - Employed Persons by Region and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP Region V - Bicol Region 2016 2,331 Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical and Support Workers Service and Sales Workers Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trade Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Elementary Occupations Armed Forces Occupations and Special Occupations Others Region VI - Western Visayas 340 93 51 58 294 424 130 77 800 5 60 3,208 Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical and Support Workers Service and Sales Workers Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trade Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Elementary Occupations Armed Forces Occupations and Special Occupations Others Region VII - Central Visayas 522 137 82 116 433 466 165 135 1,059 5 88 3,234 Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical and Support Workers Service and Sales Workers Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trade Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Elementary Occupations Armed Forces Occupations and Special Occupations Others Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 448 126 82 135 499 539 308 153 820 3 121 1,790 Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical and Support Workers Service and Sales Workers Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trade Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers Elementary Occupations Armed Forces Occupations and Special Occupations Others 274 69 37 40 227 357 90 50 591 3 51 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 - 87