Labor Force Survey Table


TABLE 5  Employed Persons by Major Occupation 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

Officials of government and special
  interest organizations, corporate
  executives, managers, managing
  proprietors, and supervisors               4,051       12.1           3,663       11.4
Professionals                                1,454        4.3           1,392        4.3
Technicians and associate
  professionals                                919        2.7             856        2.7
Clerks                                       1,647        4.9           1,418        4.4
Service workers and shop
  and market sales workers                   3,281        9.8           3,012        9.4
Farmers, forestry workers,
  and fishermen                              5,913       17.6           6,233       19.5
Trades and related workers                   2,710        8.1           2,768        8.6
Plant and machine operators
  and assemblers                             2,588        7.7           2,484        7.8
Laborers and unskilled workers              10,838       32.3          10,055       31.4
Special occupations                            144        0.4             149        0.5

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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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