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Jobless rate climbs to 5.3% in July 2025
The Philippine unemployment rate surged to 5.3% in July 2025, a significant increase from 3.7% in June, resulting in 2.59 million jobless individuals.
This marks the highest jobless rate since June 2022, indicating a challenging economic period.
The employment rate consequently decreased to 94.7% in July 2025, with the number of employed persons at 46.05 million.
Underemployment also rose to 14.6% in July 2025 from 12.1% in June, affecting 6.80 million employed individuals seeking additional work or income.
The majority of employed individuals are wage and salary workers (68.7%) and are primarily from the service sector (62.8%).
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