TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP:  OCTOBER 1999 TO OCTOBER 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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

       Total Employed (In thousands)        27,762     100.0   28,895   100.0   28,293   100.0   28,178   100.0   27,775   100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                       1,709       6.2    1,770     6.1    1,729     6.1    1,698     6.0    1,623     5.8
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                  651       2.3      607     2.1      610     2.2      636     2.3      645     2.3
     Clerical Workers                        1,262       4.5    1,345     4.7    1,378     4.9    1,306     4.6    1,291     4.6
     Sales Workers                           4,245      15.3    4,340    15.0    4,354    15.4    4,299    15.3    4,315    15.5
     Service Workers                         3,062      11.0    2,985    10.3    3,028    10.7    3,042    10.8    2,990    10.8
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters                10,405      37.5   11,314    39.2   10,449    36.9   10,457    37.1   10,287    37.0
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                          6,400      23.1    6,497    22.5    6,688    23.6    6,709    23.8    6,589    23.7
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                  28       0.1       38     0.1       57     0.2       31     0.1       32     0.1

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Note:  The October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection while figures for
       January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projection.

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