LGU count, mid-2007

As of June 30, 2007, the following are the number of local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines:

Provinces -- 81
Cities -- 131
Municipalities -- 1,497
Barangays -- 41,994

This can give us some estimates of the number of local government personnel.
For instance, there are at least 15 officials in each barangay (8 elected, at least 7 appointed, like the secretary, treasurer,health officer, tanod head, etc.). Some barangays have about a hundred employees, to include traffic officers, barangay tanods, brgy office staff, etc. So one can just multiply the average employees per barangay by 42,000 (round-off).

In addition, there are 230 Congressmen/women representing the congressional district, plus nearly 50 Party-list Congressmen/women.

Also, there are 17 regions (7 in Luzon, 3 in Visayas, 7 in Mindanao). But regional officials are bureaucracies under the national government, not under LGUs or Congress.