April 2022 PH employment rate 2.36M higher than last year
(File photo) MANILA - The country's employment rate improved in April 2022, estimated to be at 94.3 percent or about 45.63 million employed Filipinos, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday. The report said the increase this year was by about 2.36 million compared to 43.27 million or 91.3 percent employment rate in April 2021. The country's unemployment rate also dropped from the reported 8.7 percent a year ago to 5.7 percent in April 2022. The sub-sector with the highest increase is Administration and Support Service Activities (+349,000); followed by Accommodation ...