Jobless Pinoys hit 2.06 million in April

A total of 2.06 million Filipinos were unemployed in April 2025, placing the country's unemployment rate at 4.1%, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Friday, June 6.

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This marks a slight increase from the March unemployment rate, which stood at 3.9%

The PSA recorded 48.67 million employed Filipinos in April 2025, translating to a 95.9% employment rate, a decline from 96.1% in the previous month.

The country's labor force participation rate stood at 63.7%, indicating that 50.74 million Filipinos were part of the workforce. On average, employed individuals worked 39.9 hours per week.

Meanwhile, the PSA reported an underemployment rate of 14.6%, meaning 7.09 million Filipinos wanted to work more hours or take on a second job to make ends meet.

The service industry is the top employer, accounting for 61.9% of the country's employed workforce.