Among the regions, CALABARZON (Region IV-A) recorded the lowest employment rate at 92.8 percent in 2016.  On the other hand, Cagayan Valley    (Region II) had the highest employment rate at 96.9 and 96.8 percent in 2016 and 2015, respectively.  Meanwhile, the employment rates of National Capital Region (NCR) was the second lowest employment rate among the seventeen regions at 93.3 percent and the lowest employment rate at 91.5 percent in 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

 

There was an increase of 0.9 percentage point in the employment rate of males in Ilocos Region from 62.3 percent in 2015 to 63.2 percent in 2016.  On the other hand, a decrease of 0.9 percentage point was recorded among the employed females, from 37.7 percent in 2015 to 36.8 percent in 2016.

 

Service and sales workers made up the second largest occupation group in Ilocos Region accounting for 23.5 percent females and 12.4 percent males in 2016. Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers was the third biggest occupation group with 20.9 percent male workers and 6.1 percent female workers. Meanwhile, officials of the government and special interest organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors and supervisors was the fourth largest group in 2016 with 12.5 percent male workers and 17.3 percent female workers.

The average number of hours worked per week of employed persons in Ilocos Region was 41.8 hours.  Male workers tend to have longer average number of working hours per week (42.1 hours) than their female counterparts (41.2 hours).  It can also be noted that larger proportion of employed males worked 20 hours or more per week on the average. On the other hand, 18.4 percent females worked under 20 hours per week compared to 10.5 percent for males.  Likewise, bigger percentage of employed females (0.8 percent) who did not work during the reference period was noted, as compared to males (0.4 percent).