Philippines employment rate remains 94 percent in June 2022 – PSA

The country’s employment rate in June 2022 remained the same as the 94.0 percent employment rate reported a month ago. This was higher than the employment rate of 92.3 percent registered in the same period of 2021.

In terms of magnitude, 46.59 million Filipinos who are 15 years old and over were employed in June 2022. This was higher by 508 thousand compared to the 46.08 million employed in May 2022.

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Unemployment rate in June 2022 also remained unchanged at 6.0 percent compared to May 2022. This translates to 2.99 million unemployed Filipinos out of 49.58 million who were in the labor force in June 2022. The June 2022 unemployment rate was lower than the registered rate in June 2021 at 7.7 percent.

The labor force participation rate (LFPR) in June 2022 was registered at 64.8 percent or about 49.58 million Filipinos who were either employed or unemployed. This was lower than the LFPR reported in the same period in 2021 at 65.1 percent. On the other hand, the June 2022 LFPR was higher than the LFPR reported in January (60.5%), February (63.8%) and April (63.4%) and May (64.0%) but lower than the LFPR reported in March (65.4%) this year.

The average weekly hours worked by an employed person in June 2022 was estimated at 40.3 hours per week, higher than the mean hours worked obtained in May 2022 (39.8 hours) and in June 2021 (39.0 hours).

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Philippines employment rate remains 94 percent in June 2022 – PSA

Underemployment rate in June 2022 was down to 12.6 percent, from 14.5 percent in May 2022. This translates to a decrease of 780 thousand underemployed person from 6.67 million in May 2022 to 5.89 million in June 2022.

Visible underemployment rate or the proportion of underemployed persons working less than 40 hours in a week was estimated at 8.5 percent in June 2022, lower than the registered rate in May 2022 and June 2021 both at 9.8 percent.

On the other hand, invisible underemployment rate or the proportion of underemployed persons working at least 40 hours in a week was placed at 4.2 percent in June 2022. This estimate was lower compared to the reported invisible underemployment rate of 4.4 percent in the same period last year.

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Among men and women, the LFPR in June 2022 was higher among men (76.3%) than women (53.2%). Employment rate for men was higher at 94.6 percent compared to 93.1 percent for women. In terms of unemployment rate, men had lower unemployment rate at 5.4 percent compared to their women counterpart at 6.9 percent. On contrary, men had higher underemployment rate at 14.1 percent while women had 10.5 percent.

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