In 2022, the Administrative and Support Service Activities Section in Ilocos Region had a total of 92 registered establishments. It rose by 16.5 percent from 79 establishments in 2021. Additionally, the total employment in this sector grew by 0.7 percent from 10,138 workers in 2021 to 10,206 workers in 2022.

The average number of workers per establishment released in 2022 was 111 workers. In 2021, there were 128 workers employed per establishment.

On the other hand, the total paid employees showed an increase of 0.7 percent from 10,128 in 2021 to 10,194 in 2022. The record in 2022 was 99.9 percent of the total employment in the same period.

In terms of total compensation in the Administrative and Support Service Activities Sector, the reported data in 2022 was PhP 1.608 billion. This indicates that the total compensation grew by 0.1 percent from PhP 1.606 billion in 2021. Relatively, the average annual compensation per paid employee in 2022 was PhP 157,710 and PhP 158,552 in 2021. This represents a 0.5 percent decrease.

Furthermore, the total expense increased by 4.9 percent from PhP 2.02 billion in 2021 to PhP 2.11 billion in 2022.

Compared to 2021, the total revenue rose by 0.8 percent in 2022. The recorded data in 2022 was PhP 2.37 billion, while PhP 2.35 billion in 2021. In addition, the revenue per expense ratio went down by 3.4 percent from 1.16 in 2021 to 1.12 in 2022.

SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Regional Director, RSSO 01