Employment rate in the country in April 2022 was estimated at 94.3 percent, translating to about 45.63 million employed Filipinos. This was higher compared to the reported at 91.3 percent in April 2021 or a year-on-year increase of about 2.36 million employed Filipinos from 43.27 million in April 2021.
It has improved from the reported 8.7 percent a year ago to 5.7 percent in April 2022. Unemployment rate was posted at 6.4 percent in January 2022.
In terms of magnitude, the total number of unemployed individuals 15 years old and over in April 2022 was registered at 2.76 million. It was lower by 1.38 million from the number of unemployed persons in April 2021.
Persons in the labor force or the number of persons 15 years old and over reported as either employed or unemployed was estimated at 48.39 million in April 2022. This was higher compared to the 47.41 million Filipinos in the labor force for the same period last year. The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in April 2022 was likewise higher at 63.4 percent compared to the reported 63.2 percent in April last year.
Employment rate in April 2022 at 94.3 percent
On average, an employed person worked 40.1 hours per week in April 2022. This was higher than the average hours worked at 38.0 hours per week in April 2021, but lower than the average hours worked in January 2022 at 41.8 hours per week.
Underemployed persons or employed persons who expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or to have an additional job or to have a new job with longer hours of work was reported at 6.40 million of the 45.63 million employed population, translating to an underemployment rate of 14.0 percent in April 2022. Underemployment rate reported in April last year was higher at 17.2 percent.
Visible underemployment rate or the proportion of underemployed persons working less than 40 hours in a week was reported at 9.2 percent, higher than the reported 8.9 percent in January 2022 but lower than the 12.3 percent reported in April 2021.
Across regions, Zamboanga Peninsula registered the highest employment rate at 97.1 percent while Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) posted the lowest employment rate at 91.9 percent. Six of the country’s 17 regions posted lower employment rates compared to the 94.3 percent national estimate. These were the following: BARMM (91.9%), NCR (92.5%), Region IV-A (93.2%), Region V (93.8%), Region VIII (94.0%) and Region I (94.1%).
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