‘They feel that they need extra hours pa or a new job kasi hindi ganun kalaki ‘yung income,’ national statistician Dennis Mapa says about the more than 7 million underemployed Filipinos
? They’ve already begun working more hours on average than they did last year – and nearly 16% of workers still feel like they need more income.shows that 7,104,00 workers consider themselves “underemployed” – meaning that they either need more hours in their current job, a new job with more working hours, or an additional job to supplement their income.
This figure is higher than the 12.0% in June 2023 and the 13.8% in the same period last year. In fact, it’s the highest underemployment rate since November 2021, when it reached 16.6%. Notably, underemployment increased the most in the “invisible underemployed” category – or the people who are already working for more than 40 hours but still feel the need to bring in more income.,” said National Statistician and Philippine Statistics Authority head Dennis Mapa.,” he added in a press conference on Friday, September 8.
Filipinos are also working more hours a week on average than a year ago. Mean weekly work hours were measured at 42.3 hours in July 2023, higher than the 36.9 hours in April 2023 and the 40.5 hours in the same period last year. Filipinos are also working more hours in a week on average. Mean work hours in a week went up to 42.3 hours in July 2023, higher than the 36.9 hours in April 2023 and the 40.5 hours in July 2022.
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