TABLE 6. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: JANUARY 1998 (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.) =================================================================================== All Wage and Own Unpaid R E G I O N Classes of Salary Account Family Workers Workers Workers Workers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHILIPPINES 27,693 13,444 10,468 3,781 N C R - Metro Manila 3,513 2,677 752 84 C A R - Cordillera Admin. 550 163 234 154 Region I - Ilocos 1,546 561 684 301 Region II - Cagayan Valley 1,225 485 500 240 Region III - Central Luzon 2,607 1,581 852 175 Region IV - Southern Tagalog 3,755 2,118 1,330 307 Region V - Bicol 1,960 741 836 384 Region VI - Western Visayas 2,450 1,226 939 285 Region VII - Central Visayas 2,037 957 765 314 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,456 511 683 263 Region IX - Western Mindanao 1,035 364 472 199 Region X - Northern Mindanao 1,203 469 451 283 Region XI - Southern Mindanao 1,892 838 764 290 Region XII - Central Mindanao 921 361 392 168 A R M M - Muslim Mindanao 675 87 420 168 CARAGA 868 305 395 167 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Labor Force Survey Income and Employment Statistics Division Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippines