Filipinos aged 15 and over make up 48.64 million of the labor force overall, down from 50.06 million in July 2024.
Joblessness Rate of unemployment: 5.3%, up from 4.1% in April 2025 and 4.7% in July 2024. There are 2.59 million unemployed people.
Work Employment rate: 94.7%, compared to 95.9% in April 2025 and 95.3% in July 2024. 46.05 million people are employed.
Sector-specific Employment (July 2025) Services: 62.8% of jobs Sector: 18.7% 18.5% in agriculture Construction (10.0%), Agriculture & Forestry (16.0%), and Wholesale & Retail Trade (19.2%) are the top subsectors.
The biggest yearly increases were in health and social work (+169k), transportation & storage (+208k), and administrative & support services (+296k).
The industries with the biggest annual declines were fishing and aquaculture (-173k), wholesale and retail trade (-897k), and agriculture and forestry (-1.38M).