Jobless rate declines to 4.4% in November

2.25 M Pinoys remain unemployed, says PSA

- By LOUELLA DESIDERIO

Applicants register at a job fair.

Unemployment in the country declined in November 2025 compared to the previous month, while underemployment also eased, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Results of the PSA's Labor Force Survey presented by National Statistician Dennis Mapa yesterday showed that the country's unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent in November 2025 from five percent in October 2025, but rose from 3.2 percent in November 2024.

This translates to 2.25 million jobless Filipinos in November 2025, down from 2.54 million in October 2025.

However, the number of unemployed Filipinos in November 2025 went up compared to the 1.66 million without work in the same month in 2024.

The country's employment rate rose to 95.6 percent in November 2025 from 95 percent in October 2025, but dipped from 96.8 percent in November 2024.

An estimated 49.26 million Filipinos were employed in November 2025, up from 48.62 million a month ago, but lower than the 49.54 million in November 2024.

Job quality improved as the underemployment rate eased to 10.4 percent in November 2025 from 12 percent in October 2025 and 10.8 percent in November 2024.