TABLE 3.16 - Employed Persons by Region and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 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 Caraga 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 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 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 1,682 1,691 1,735 1,756 254 57 32 57 270 63 30 57 262 66 30 66 280 71 33 67 168 299 63 54 689 9 170 291 65 60 675 9 181 351 70 56 643 10 182 324 74 57 657 12 1,041 1,083 1,108 1,092 143 49 20 42 198 53 25 41 223 52 26 46 227 53 23 47 124 178 53 46 383 3 129 158 53 37 385 4 141 139 61 45 371 4 131 138 59 44 364 6 1,229 1,229 1,295 1,259 141 29 12 16 137 31 11 15 155 36 10 18 148 32 11 17 54 525 21 30 398 3 58 518 21 44 390 3 64 523 16 45 422 5 51 551 20 46 380 4 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 - 84