Cagayan Valley posted the highest employment rate among the 18 regions in the country, according to the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila, on the other hand, is at the bottom end at 92.3 percent as well as the highest unemployment rate of 7.7 percent from the 8.774 million labor force.

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