The major economic activity and source of income for the people of Sariaya is agriculture. It is a palay and coconut producing region of the province, a cottage industry center and at present a growing tourist spot. Agricultural activities include rice farming, kopra making, banana,coffee, vegetables and root crop planting. The coconut industry is the number of peso earner in Sariaya, however existing price trend and instability of the product had caused the majority of the populace to suffer from economic dislocation and imbalance. This fact compels the people to divert to other means of livelihood such as agro-livestock, cottage industry and fishing, which are, at present, boosting the town’s economy substituting the declining copra industry. Coconut plantation owners convert their coconut trees into coconut lumber due to high price offered per tree.