Domestic cleaners and helpers accounted for the highest number of newly-hired land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), with about 158,000 workers according to the preliminary figures for 2023. Meanwhile, about 13,200 newly-hired nurses were deployed to work abroad in the same year.
Leading profession of newly-hired land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2023
Characteristic
Number of workers
Domestic cleaners and helpers
157,812
Domestic housekeepers
115,218
Manufacturing labourers
26,643
Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishments
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