Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

April 9, 2023 Dear Le-an Saluta, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 23, 2023 08:42:22 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Number of Information Technology professionals. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. We regret that we do not have specific data on this. Our employment data is limited and based on our Labor Force Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/table https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/Database/Labor-and-Employment You may also refer to our establishment-based data as follows: 2019 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) - Information Technology - Business Process Management (IT-BPM) Industries: Preliminary Results: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2019-annual-survey-philippine-business-and-industry-aspbi-information-technology-business 2018 Census of Philippine Business and Industry: Information and Communication Activities: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2018-census-philippine-business-and-industry-information-and-communication-activities-0 You may refer to our 2019 Updates to the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20Updates%20to%20the%202009%20PSIC-Apr082022.pdf Number of MSME: More than 1.08 million Establishments Operated in 2021 which Generated Total Employment of 8.57 million (2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results) https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million You may also refer to this link: https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9Ocjxs55IwTLgH3Efp8?e=q2Q84y For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service