Tag page - Unemployment rates

The labor market showed signs of resilience in late 2025 as the unemployment rate retreated from a three-month peak, though a series of powerful typhoons tempered the recovery in key service sectors. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 7, that the jobless rate fell...

Many job applicants were absorbed by firms in the Philippines in May, resulting in a decline in the number of jobless Filipinos during the month to 2.03 million from 2.11 million unemployed individuals in the same month last year. Preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

The country’s unemployment and underemployment rates marginally increased in April this year, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Friday, June 6. According to the latest Labor Force Survey, the national unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in April, up...