TABLE 11. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: OCTOBER 1997

                                             (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
                                                              (In thousands)
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                                                      AGRI-                         ELECTRI-            WHOLE     TRANS.  FINANCING  COMMUNITY   INDUSTRY
                                                    CULTURE,    MINING    MANU-      CITY,     CONS-     SALE    STORAGE  INSURANCE   SOCIAL &     NOT
         MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP            TOTAL     FISHERY,     AND    FACTURING  GAS AND   TRUCTION   AND       AND    REAL EST.   PERSONAL  ADEQUATELY
                                                      AND      QUARRYING             WATER              RETAIL    COMMU-    & BUS     SERVICES   DEFINED
                                                    FORESTRY                                            TRADE    NICATION  SERVICES
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              PHILIPPINES                  27,888    11,260       124     2,755       139     1,641     4,219     1,769       680     5,296         5

Professional, Technical and Related Workers 1,654        16         4        65        15        61        27        21        88     1,358         -
Administrative, Executive and
  Managerial Workers                          531         6         3        63         9        11        22        87        67       263         *
Clerical Workers                            1,205        16         8       125        25        29       180       172       203       447         2
Sales Workers                               3,979        15         2       108         6        11     3,645        11        97        85         -
Service Workers                             2,815        23         6        84         8        13       110        50       160     2,361         -
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry  and Forestry
  Workers, Fishermen and Hunters           11,151    11,067         1        14         *        14        20         4         2        29         -
Production and Related Workers,
  Transport Equipment Operators
  and Laborers                              6,506       117        99     2,286        75     1,501       212     1,424        59       730         2
Occupation Not Adequately Defined              46         1         -        10         1         2         3         1         4        22         1
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines