TABLE 3.16 - Employed Persons 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 3,008 3,011 3,182 3,195 427 134 70 140 491 139 67 155 507 139 66 169 480 148 72 177 348 445 151 122 1,163 5 359 428 151 119 1,098 5 371 477 160 117 1,170 7 372 466 165 116 1,192 6 2,926 2,961 3,114 3,215 373 144 79 168 493 141 73 182 413 146 79 209 441 149 85 229 367 478 309 167 837 4 390 376 313 156 834 2 427 497 320 155 867 2 438 496 317 165 892 2 1,771 1,832 1,045 1,011 246 71 34 58 285 69 33 64 139 39 20 32 136 43 18 32 193 358 78 48 681 4 205 356 72 45 697 5 101 251 37 18 406 1 104 229 47 20 380 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 - 82