<< Back to BLES Homepage
Last Update:   15.04.2009
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(January Round)
INDICATOR

2008

2009 p
  Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)
6,327
6,461

       Labor Force
3,802
3,889

            Employed
3,447
3,512

                 Underemployed
356
172

            Unemployed
355
377

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

60.1

60.2

   Employment Rate (%)

90.7

90.3

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

10.3

4.9

   Unemployment Rate (%)

9.3

9.7

Notes:   1.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
              2.  Starting January 2007, the NSO adopted the population projections based on the 2000 Census of Population.  This is in compliance with NSCB Resolution No. 1 series of 2005
                 "Adopting the Methodology Used in Generating the 2000 Census of Population and Housing-Based National Population Projections."  
p  Preliminary and subject to change.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Labor Force Survey.

  NOMINAL WAGE RATES (link to www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph)

INFLATION RATE AND PURCHASING POWER OF PESO
 (2000=100)
  INDICATOR

2008

2009

Inflation Rate (%)

    

        March

 8.5 6.6

        Average for the Year

11.1 7.1

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.68 0.64

        Average for the Year

0.65 0.64
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

INDICATOR

2003

2006
      Poverty Threshold (P)

14,378

17,298
      Poverty Incidence (%)
           Population

17.5

20.7
           Families

13.4

16.8
      Food Threshold (P)

9,347

10,897

Notes:  1.  Poverty threshold is the annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy the nutritional requirements (2,000 calories) and other basic needs.
            2.  Poverty incidence is the proportion of families (or population) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold to the total member of families (or population).
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Number 0f Families (000)

1,810

1,909

Average Family Income (P000)

160

198

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

138

170

Average Family Savings (P000)

22

27
Note:  Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office (NSO), 2003 and 2006 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY

  INDICATOR

 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

140,778

147,025

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

32,557

33,431
Note:  Labor Productivity is measured as the ratio of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to corresponding average employment for the year.
r  Revised.
Sources of basic data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Accounts of the Philippines.
                                      National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE, REGION III: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
84,344
419,320
1  -  4
71,515
126,081
5  - 9
7,322
46,026
10  - 19
3,449
43,979
20  - 49
1,252
37,277
50  - 99
428
28,905
100  -  199
209
28,958
200  -  499
110
33,976
500  -  999
42
28,589
1000  -  1999
8
10,700
2000 and Over
9
34,829

Notes:  1.  Details may not add up to total because some data were suppressed.
             2.  The 2006 List of Establishments was based on feedbacks from surveys conducted supplemented by lists from different secondary sources after field updating was done
                   in 2004 and 2005.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Industry and Trade Department, 2004 List of Establishments.

EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS: As of Date

INDICATOR

2007 p

January - December
2008 p
  Existing Unions

1,067

1,081
     Membership (000)

105

107
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

117

108
     Workers Covered (000)

18

17
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

368

421
     Membership (000)

19

21
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

6

7
     Workers Covered

469

1,128
p  Preliminary.
 Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                            Civil Service Commission.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - February
2009 p
  Strike Notices
    

     New Notices Filed

21

4

          Workers Involved

3,567

615

     Cases Disposed

19

2
  Actual  Strikes

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Cases Disposed

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

-
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Conciliation and Mediation Board.