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Philippine employment inches to 96.1% after election season
The Freeman
|July 09, 2025
The country's employment rate slightly increased in May 2025, amid the Philippine election season, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday, July 8.
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From 95.8% in April 2025, the employment rate rose to 96.1% in May 2025. This translates to 50.29 million Filipinos being employed, up from 48.87 million in April.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate stood at 3.9%, which means around 2.03 million Filipinos were jobless in May.
The underemployment rate, or those whose income does not suffice for them, is currently at 13.1% of the employed population. This is lower than the underemployment rate of April 2025, which was at 14.6% yet higher than the May 2024 underemployment rate, which was 9.9%.
The PSA found that people worked an average of 39.8 hours per week in May 2025.
The country's labor force participation rate rose to 65.8% - the highest on record since January 2005.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition July 09, 2025 de The Freeman.
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