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GMA Network
06-06-2025
- Business
- GMA Network
Which jobs have the highest daily basic pay?
The Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) quarterly edition of its Labor Force Survey (LFS) for April 2025 revealed which occupations in the country are receiving the highest daily pay. Topping the list of the top major jobs in terms of daily wages were Managers, which received an average daily basic pay of P1,387, which increased from P1,356 in April 2024. The PSA describes managers as those who 'plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the overall activities of enterprises, governments, and other organizations.' The next on the list, receiving P1,321 in average daily wage, were Armed Forces Occupations. Their average daily basic pay grew from P1,185 in the same period last year. Armed forces occupations included all jobs held by members of the armed forces, excluding those in civil defenses such as police and customs inspectors. Professionals received the third highest daily basic pay at P1,214, up from P1,206 in April 2024. Professionals are those who apply scientific or artistic concepts and theories in their task such as in the fields of sciences, social sciences, legal and social services, art, among others. Technicians and Associate Professionals came in fourth with a salary of P873 per day, up from P793 year-on-year. Technicians are those who perform technical tasks connected with application of scientific or artistic concepts, operational methods, and government or business regulations. Clerical Support Workers came in fifth with an average daily pay of P747, up from P726 in the same month in 2024. Clerical support work includes recording, organizing, storing information and performing clerical duties such as money-handling, travel arrangements, and appointments. Jobs with lowest daily wages The PSA's April 2025 LFS also bared which occupations are receiving the lowest daily basic pay in the country. These were: Elementary occupations — P428, up from P403 last year Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers — P486, up from P439 Service and sales workers — P552, up from P509 Craft and related trades workers — P581, up from P541 Plant and machine operators and assemblers — P585, up from P554 Elementary occupations involve simple routine tasks which require use of hand-held tools such as cleaning, restocking of supplies, basic maintenance, helping in the kitchen, sweeping streets, among others. Skilled agricultural workers are those who prepare soil, sow, fertilize, harvest crops; breed, raise, tend, hunt animals; catch and cultivate fish and other aquatic life; and sell produce to markets, purchasers. Service and sales workers' tasks include housekeeping, preparing and serving food and beverages, providing basic health care, posing as models for advertising, hairdressing and beauty treatments, enforcing of law, selling goods at stalls and markets. Craft and related trades are those who perform tasks applying specific knowledge and skills in constructing and maintaining buildings, making handicrafts, pottery and glass, making metal structures or welding and casting metal. Plant and machine operators and assemblers are those who operate and monitor industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment. The release of the April 2025 LFS came on the heels of the House of Representatives' approval on third and final reading of the proposed measure granting a P200-increase in the daily minimum wage for workers in the private sector. The House version of the legislated wage hike offers a higher increase than the P100 approved by the Senate. The House and the Senate will then have to reconcile the differences at the bicameral conference committee before transmitting the enrolled bill to Malacañang. Congress has until June 13, 2025 or the last session day to reconcile their differing versions of the wage hike measure and ratify the reconciled version for the bill to be ready for the President's signature. Otherwise, the measure has to be refiled in the next Congress. However, business groups Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and the Makati Business Club (MBC) have sounded the alarm on the inflationary and economic implications of the proposed legislation increasing the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the country. Malacañang earlier said that President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. will look into the economic implications of the proposed increase in the minimum wage for workers. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
06-06-2025
- Business
- GMA Network
Jobless Filipinos rose to 2.06M in April 2025, says PSA
The number of Filipinos without jobs or livelihoods rose to over two million in April 2025 as more people entered the labor force, seeking jobs, during the period but only few were absorbed by the market, according to the results of the Philippine Statistics Authority's latest Labor Force Survey. At a press briefing on Friday, National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa reported that unemployed persons, ages 15 and above, increased slightly to 2.06 million in the fourth month of the year from 1.93 million in March 2025. Year-on-year, jobless individuals climbed by 23,000 from 2.04 million in April 2024, according to the PSA chief. As a percentage of 50.74 million participants in the labor force —who are actively looking for labor opportunities during the period — the number of unemployed persons translated to an unemployment rate of 4.1%, up from 3.9% in March and 4% in April last year. 'Dumami kasi ang mga kasama sa labor force, labor force participation, so siya 'yung factor… 'pag tumataas ang labor force participation, hindi naman lahat na-absorb lahat para maging employed persons,' Mapa said. (The increase in the number of those joining the labor force was the factor… when labor force participation rises, not everyone is absorbed to become employed persons.) Labor force participants grew by 340,000 from April 2024 and by about 780,000 from March 2025's 49.96 million. Of the 340,000 year-on-year growth in labor force participation, the PSA chief said about 317,000 became employed while 23,000 were not absorbed. 'Despite the slight uptick in unemployment, the Philippine labor market continues to demonstrate resilience amid global headwinds. We remain on track to meet our target unemployment range of 4.4% to 4.7% set under the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028,' said Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) officer-in-charge and Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Rosemarie Edillon. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
Roya News
02-06-2025
- Business
- Roya News
Jordan's unemployment rate dips slightly in Q1 2025
Jordan's unemployment rate stood at 21.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025, a slight drop of 0.1 percentage points compared to the same period in 2024, according to the latest quarterly labor force report released by the Department of Statistics. Over the longer term, unemployment has decreased by 1.5 percentage points since Q1 2022. Gender Breakdown The report shows mixed trends by gender: Male unemployment rose to 18.6 percent, up 1.2 percentage points from Q1 2024. Female unemployment dropped significantly to 31.2 percent, down 3.5 percentage points year-on-year. Compared to the previous quarter (Q4 2024), male unemployment increased slightly by 0.4 points, while female unemployment declined by 1 point. Notably, 60 percent of unemployed individuals hold at least a high school diploma, while 40 percent have lower educational qualifications. Employment and Workforce Participation 31.0 percent of Jordanians aged 23 and older are employed. Among employed men, 60 percent are between the ages of 20 and 39; for women, that figure is 58.2 percent. 43 percent of employed individuals hold qualifications higher than high school; 46.3 percent have less than high school education. Wage employment remains dominant: 86.8 percent of the employed workforce are wage earners. 95.4 percent of employed women and 84.8 percent of men are paid employees. The share of foreign workers declined to 44.0 percent of the total workforce in Q1 2025, compared to 44.7 percent in the same quarter last year. Economic Participation The adjusted economic participation rate (the ratio of the labor force to the population aged 15+) was 32.9 percent in Q1 2025, down from 34.1 percent in Q1 2024. Male participation dropped from 53.7 percent to 51.2 percent. Female participation fell from 15.5 percent to 14.5 percent, remaining well below the Arab region average of 18 percent. The data show clear gender-based differences in education levels within the workforce: 55.2 percent of working men have less than a high school education, compared to just 8.5 percent of working women. 75.6 percent of women in the labor force have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.1 percent of men. Women also represent 22.3 percent of all employees in the public sector. Methodology The Labor Force Survey covered 16,560 households across all governorates, both urban and rural, and follows internationally adopted standards. Conducted mid-quarter, the survey captures labor market conditions across the full quarter — January, February, and March — by asking respondents whether they had actively sought work in the previous four weeks.
