Labor Force Survey Table


TABLE 4  Employed Persons by Major Industry Group: January 2006 and January 2007
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                   January 2007 |            January 2006
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Major Industry Group                          Number            |        Number
                                       (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                   33,545      100.0          32,031      100.0

Agriculture                                   11,639       34.7          11,678       36.5
  Agriculture, hunting, and forestry          10,211       30.4          10,263       32.0
  Fishing                                      1,428        4.3           1,415        4.4

Industry                                       4,977       14.8           4,874       15.2
  Mining and quarrying                           144        0.4             119        0.4
  Manufacturing                                3,041        9.1           2,971        9.3
  Electricity, gas, and water                    124        0.4             133        0.4
  Construction                                 1,668        5.0           1,651        5.2

Services                                      16,929       50.5          15,479       48.3
  Wholesale and retail trade,
    repair of motor vehicles,
    motorcycles and personal
    and household goods                        6,418       19.1           5,913       18.5
  Hotels and restaurants                         964        2.9             861        2.7
  Transport, storage,
    and communications                         2,604        7.8           2,539        7.9
  Financial intermediation                       344        1.0             336        1.0
  Real estate, renting,
    and business activities                      910        2.7             741        2.3
  Public administration and defense,
    and compulsory social security             1,541        4.6           1,418        4.4
  Education                                    1,032        3.1           1,002        3.1
  Health and social work                         388        1.2             345        1.1
  Other community, social,
    and personal service
    activities                                   858        2.6             768        2.4
  Private households with
    employed persons                           1,869        5.6           1,555        4.9
  Extraterritorial organizations
    and bodies                                     2          -               1          -

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey

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