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2007
2008
% Change
(year on year)

Labor force
average in thousands, Apr

36,400
36,400
0

  Unemployed
   average in thousands, Apr
2,692
2,917
8.3

  Unemployment rate
   in %, Apr
7.4
8.0
0.6

  Employed
  average in thousands, Apr
33,704
33,536
(0.5)

  Employment rate
  average in %, Apr
92.6
92.0
(0.6)

  New jobs created
  average in thousands, Apr
1,007
(168)
(117)
       
 
2007
2008
% Change
(year on year)
Employed by sector

  Agriculture
  average in thousands, Jan
11,863
11,905
0.3

  Industry
  average in thousands, Jan
5,258
4,997
(5)

  Services
  average in thousands, Jan
16,616
16,634
0.1
       
 
2007
2008
% Change
(year on year)
Strikes & Lay-offs

  Actual strikes
  Jan-Apr
1
3
200
 
 
2007
2008
% Change
(year on year)
Overseas Filipino Workers

  OFW deployment
  Jan-May
382,777
533,945
39.5

  OFW Remittances
  in US$B, Jan-May
5.9
6.8
14.7
       
 
2007
2008
% Change
(year on year)

Minimum wage rates by region (incl. COLA)
for non-agricultural workers, in P/ day
  National Capital Region
362
382
5.5
  Cordillera Autonomous Region
225
235
4.4
  Ilocos
212
225
6.1
  Cagayan Valley
208
218
4.8
  Central Luzon
278
287
5.5
  Southern Luzon - Calabarzon
300
320
6.7
  Southern Luzon - Mimaro
206
230
11.6
  Bicol
209
220
5.3
  Western Visayas
222
235
11.0
  Central Visayas
241
250
3.7
  Eastern Visayas
206
220
6.8
  Western Mindanao
196
215
9.7
  Northern Mindanao
234
244
7.3
  Southern Mindanao
240
250
7.1
  Central Mindanao
224.50
229.50
5.2
  CARAGA
200
214
7.0
  Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
180
200
11.1
       

Sources:
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
Department of Labor and Employment
National Wages and Productivity Commission
National Statistics Office
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

 
 
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