TABLE 12.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1999 AND JANUARY 2000

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         MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                  TOTAL EMPLOYED          |   WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS     |     OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS      |    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                             Jan             Jan       |     Jan             Jan       |     Jan             Jan      |     Jan            Jan
                                         1999  Percent  2000   Percent | 1999  Percent  2000   Percent | 1999  Percent  2000   Percent| 1999  Percent  2000  Percent
                                        ('000)          ('000)         |('000)          ('000)         |('000)          ('000)        |('000)         ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES                     28,368   100.0  28,895   100.0  13,888   100.0  14,171   100.0  10,607   100.0  10,800   100.0  3,873   100.0  3,924   100.0

Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry        11,306    39.9  11,415    39.5   2,584    18.6   2,664    18.8   5,726    54.0   5,768    53.4  2,995    77.3  2,983    76.0
Industry                                 4,447    15.7   4,416    15.3   3,499    25.2   3,445    24.3     801     7.6     804     7.4    146     3.8    166     4.2
     Mining and Quarrying                  104     0.4     110     0.4      74     0.5      77     0.5      23     0.2      23     0.2      7     0.2     10     0.3
     Manufacturing                       2,681     9.5   2,700     9.3   1,923    13.8   1,902    13.4     622     5.9     646     6.0    136     3.5    152     3.9
     Electricity, Gas and Water            138     0.5     121     0.4     131     0.9     116     0.8       6     0.1       5     0.0      *     0.0      *     0.0
     Construction                        1,524     5.4   1,485     5.1   1,371     9.9   1,350     9.5     150     1.4     130     1.2      3     0.1      4     0.1
Services                                12,612    44.5  13,061    45.2   7,803    56.2   8,061    56.9   4,080    38.5   4,226    39.1    731    18.9    774    19.7
     Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,383    15.5   4,590    15.9   1,237     8.9   1,296     9.1   2,545    24.0   2,665    24.7    602    15.5    630    16.1
     Transportation, Storage and         1,927     6.8   1,991     6.9   1,160     8.4   1,189     8.4     742     7.0     778     7.2     25     0.6     23     0.6
       Communication
     Financing, Insurance, Real            723     2.5     729     2.5     627     4.5     636     4.5      90     0.8      86     0.8      6     0.2      8     0.2
      Estate and Business Services
     Community, Social and               5,579    19.7   5,751    19.9   4,779    34.4   4,940    34.9     703     6.6     697     6.5     98     2.5    113     2.9
        Personal Services
Industry Not Adequately Defined              5     0.0       2     0.0       2     0.0       2     0.0       2     0.0       1     0.0      *     0.0      -     0.0

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* less than 500

Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines