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

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           MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP           TOTAL EMPLOYED         |        CLASS OF WORKER           |                                |
                                                                 |     WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS      |          OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS   |      UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                    Oct             Oct          |   Oct             Oct            |    Oct           Oct           |   Oct            Oct
                                    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                 27,762   100.0 27,775   100.0    14,008   100.0 13,827   100.0     10,220   100.0 10,483   100.0     3,534   100.0  3,465   100.0

Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry    10,503    37.8 10,401    37.4     2,526    18.0  2,405    17.4      5,278    51.6  5,377    51.3     2,698    76.3  2,619    75.6

Industry
   Mining and Quarrying                 88     0.3    106     0.4        59     0.4     81     0.6         19     0.2     21     0.2         9     0.3      4     0.1
   Manufacturing                     2,796    10.1  2,792    10.1     2,060    14.7  2,001    14.5        599     5.9    634     6.0       137     3.9    158     4.6
   Electricity, Gas and Water          141     0.5    116     0.4       130     0.9    110     0.8          9     0.1      5     0.0         2     0.1     *      0.0
   Construction                      1,476     5.3  1,430     5.1     1,352     9.7  1,286     9.3        121     1.2    137     1.3         3     0.1      8     0.2

Services
   Wholesale and Retail Trade        4,466    16.1  4,587    16.5     1,288     9.2  1,299     9.4      2,626    25.7  2,747    26.2       553    15.6    541    15.6
   Transportation, Storage and       1,968     7.1  2,024     7.3     1,146     8.2  1,175     8.5        791     7.7    821     7.8        31     0.9     28     0.8
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real          712     2.6    678     2.4       621     4.4    606     4.4         85     0.8     68     0.6         6     0.2      4     0.1
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and             5,603    20.2  5,636    20.3     4,820    34.4  4,861    35.2        689     6.7    672     6.4        95     2.7    103     3.0
     Personal Services

  Industry Not Adequately Defined        9     0.0      4     0.0         7     0.0      4     0.0          2     0.0     *      0.0        -      0.0     -      0.0

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Note:  October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection.

* less than 500
Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines