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

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                                                                                                           CLASS OF WORKER
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP           TOTAL EMPLOYED                   WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS        OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS             UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                           Apr             Apr             Apr             Apr             Apr             Apr             Apr            Apr
                                           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                       29,492   100.0  28,301   100.0  14,224   100.0  14,328   100.0  10,803   100.0  10,585   100.0  4,465   100.0  3,387   100.0

Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry          12,090    41.0  10,558    37.3   2,823    19.8   2,723    19.0   5,826    53.9   5,323    50.3  3,442    77.1  2,512    74.2

Industry                                   4,633    15.7   4,571    16.2   3,647    25.6   3,592    25.1     813     7.5     808     7.6    172     3.9    172     5.1
   Mining and Quarrying                      108     0.4     115     0.4      79     0.6      88     0.6      25     0.2      20     0.2      3     0.1      7     0.2
   Manufacturing                           2,784     9.4   2,746     9.7   1,990    14.0   1,972    13.8     633     5.9     620     5.9    161     3.6    154     4.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water                155     0.5     140     0.5     146     1.0     125     0.9       8     0.1      13     0.1      1     0.0      3     0.1
   Construction                            1,586     5.4   1,570     5.5   1,432    10.1   1,407     9.8     147     1.4     155     1.5      7     0.2      8     0.2

Services                                  12,757    43.3  13,167    46.5   7,747    54.5   8,009    55.9   4,163    38.5   4,454    42.1    850    19.0    704    20.8
   Wholesale and Retail Trade              4,548    15.4   4,633    16.4   1,248     8.8   1,299     9.1   2,608    24.1   2,758    26.1    693    15.5    577    17.0
   Transportation, Storage and             1,903     6.5   1,986     7.0   1,142     8.0   1,125     7.9     736     6.8     837     7.9     26     0.6     24     0.7
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real                702     2.4     731     2.6     604     4.2     634     4.4      90     0.8      87     0.8      9     0.2      9     0.3
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and                   5,604    19.0   5,817    20.6   4,753    33.4   4,951    34.6     729     6.7     772     7.3    122     2.7     94     2.8
     Personal Services

  Industry Not Adequately Defined             11     0.0       5     0.0       9     0.1       4     0.0       1     0.0       *     0.0      1     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