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Jobless rate climbs to 5.3% in July 2025
The Philippine unemployment rate climbed to 5.3% in July 2025, affecting 2.59 million individuals and marking the highest rate since June 2022.
This jobless rate is a significant increase from the 3.7% recorded in June.
Consequently, the employment rate decreased to 94.7% in July 2025 from 96.3% in June, with the number of employed persons at 46.05 million.
Underemployment also rose in July 2025, with the rate increasing to 14.6% from 12.1% in June, meaning 6.80 million employed Filipinos sought additional work or longer hours.
The majority of employed individuals in the country are wage and salary workers (68.7%), followed by self-employed persons (24.7%).
The service sector represents the largest portion of the employed pool (62.8%), followed by industry (18.7%) and agriculture (18.5%).
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