TABLE 3.2 - Employed Persons by Region and Sex, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (In Thousands) REGION AND SEX 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 37,600 38,118 38,651 38,741 40,998 4,490 727 1,915 1,449 3,877 4,753 1,247 2,267 3,008 2,926 1,771 1,388 1,956 1,874 1,682 1,041 1,229 4,603 735 1,954 1,475 3,990 4,842 1,241 2,292 3,011 2,961 1,832 1,395 1,934 1,851 1,691 1,083 1,229 4,743 752 2,012 1,485 4,119 5,097 1,292 2,311 3,182 3,114 1,045 1,400 2,015 1,946 1,735 1,108 1,295 4,752 759 2,014 1,512 4,126 5,085 1,296 2,374 3,195 3,215 1,011 1,384 1,989 1,925 1,756 1,092 1,259 5,239 765 1,988 1,482 4,383 5,687 1,252 2,331 3,208 3,234 1,790 1,540 2,004 2,016 1,854 1,086 1,140 22,849 23,150 23,365 23,406 25,035 2,527 434 1,225 931 2,404 2,728 767 1,428 1,828 1,661 1,118 867 1,151 1,198 1,062 652 867 2,567 439 1,237 944 2,469 2,782 776 1,442 1,827 1,673 1,154 878 1,156 1,191 1,071 667 877 2,649 444 1,255 950 2,543 2,927 795 1,464 1,919 1,758 658 891 1,180 1,229 1,104 688 912 2,653 451 1,254 963 2,554 2,908 789 1,480 1,926 1,816 637 882 1,180 1,223 1,109 682 900 2,939 460 1,256 957 2,722 3,283 780 1,464 1,935 1,870 1,140 978 1,229 1,311 1,192 692 826 BOTH SEXES Philippines National Capital Region Cordillera Administrative Region Region I - Ilocos Region Region II - Cagayan Valley Region III - Central Luzon Region IV-A - CALABARZON Region IV-B - MIMAROPA Region V - Bicol Region Region VI - Western Visayas Region VII - Central Visayas Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula Region X - Northern Mindanao Region XI - Davao Region Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao MEN Philippines National Capital Region Cordillera Administrative Region Region I - Ilocos Region Region II - Cagayan Valley Region III - Central Luzon Region IV-A - CALABARZON Region IV-B - MIMAROPA Region V - Bicol Region Region VI - Western Visayas Region VII - Central Visayas Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula Region X - Northern Mindanao Region XI - Davao Region Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 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 exclude 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. 3-3