TABLE 3.16 - Employed Persons by Region and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP Region IV-A - CALABARZON 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 IV-B - MIMAROPA 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 V - Bicol Region 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 4,753 4,842 5,097 5,085 833 274 198 341 849 293 179 346 870 294 182 380 950 313 180 401 622 397 430 474 1,166 17 683 358 431 515 1,173 16 729 393 440 533 1,257 17 718 309 417 558 1,224 16 1,247 1,241 1,292 1,296 156 45 26 44 164 47 29 46 167 50 26 50 175 53 27 49 110 292 59 33 479 3 113 287 58 29 464 3 138 284 61 27 483 4 138 291 69 30 459 4 2,267 2,292 2,311 2,374 296 89 44 85 353 92 42 86 320 98 52 91 336 96 46 90 290 416 113 77 851 5 276 397 135 79 827 4 286 412 150 74 821 6 305 435 138 74 848 5 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 - 81