The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office IV-A announces the conduct of the 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 1 field operations nationwide from 08 to 31 July 2025.

The 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) is a rider survey to the July 2025 round of the Labor Force Survey or LFS. The FIES, is the country’s main source of data on family income, sources of income, family expenditure including cost and consumption volume.

The 2025 FIES aims to accomplish the following objectives:
1. To gather data on family income, sources of income, family expenditure and related information affecting family income, expenditure levels and patterns in the Philippines;

2. To determine the income distribution, levels of living and spending patterns, and the degree of inequality among families;

3. To provide inputs in the estimation of the country's poverty threshold and incidence; and

4. To provide benchmark information to update the weights used in the estimation of Consumer Price lndex (CPI).

The PSA enjoins all sampled households to cooperate by providing complete and truthful responses. The data provided will be held strictly confidential, as mandated by Republic Act No. 10625 (The Philippine Statistical Act of 2013), and will be used solely for statistical purposes.

Enumerators deployed by CALABARZON will visit selected sample households across the region to conduct face-to-face interviews.

This survey provides essential information that guide government planners and policymakers in creating meaningful employment programs, poverty reduction strategies, and in improving the overall economic and social well-being of Filipinos.

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CHARITO C. ARMONIA
Regional Director

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