According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Philippines' unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in September 2026, up from 5.3% in August and 3.8% a year earlier, with 2.86 million Filipinos unemployed. National Statistician Dennis Mapa said the country's labor force grew by 1.63 million year-on-year to 53.19 million, but employment increased by only 721,000 to 50.33 million, reflecting how job creation lagged behind the expanding workforce.

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