TABLE 4. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: APRIL 1999 TO APRIL 2000

(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                         Apr 1999       Jul 1999         Oct 1999           Jan 2000       Apr 2000
          MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP         Number          Number           Number          Number         Number
                                         ('000) Percent  ('000)  Percent  ('000)  Percent ('000) Percent ('000) Percent
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               PHILIPPINES

      Total Employed (In thousands)       29,492   100.0 29,055     100.0 29,003     100.0 28,895   100.0 28,301   100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                     1,666     5.6  1,729       6.0  1,763       6.1  1,770     6.1  1,726     6.1
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                602     2.0    597       2.1    662       2.3    607     2.1    610     2.2
     Clerical Workers                      1,303     4.4  1,300       4.5  1,295       4.5  1,345     4.7  1,375     4.9
     Sales Workers                         4,323    14.7  4,226      14.5  4,385      15.1  4,340    15.0  4,361    15.4
     Service Workers                       2,962    10.0  2,980      10.3  3,130      10.8  2,985    10.3  3,032    10.7
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters              11,973    40.6 11,654      40.1 11,244      38.8 11,314    39.2 10,449    36.9
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                        6,630    22.5  6,530      22.5  6,493      22.4  6,497    22.5  6,689    23.6
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                33     0.1     40       0.1     30       0.1     38     0.1     58     0.2

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