TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  JULY 2000  TO JULY 2001
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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             MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                 July 2000    |   October 2000 |    January 2001  |    April 2001  |    July 2001
                                              Number   Percent | Number  Percent| Number   Percent | Number  Percent|Number   Percent
                                              ('000)           | ('000)         |('000)            |('000)          |('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                          27,093    100.0   27,775    100.0  28,087     100.0   29,160    100.0  29,281     100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry             9,855     36.4   10,401     37.4  10,252      36.5   10,915     37.4  10,980      37.5
 Industry                                      4,430     16.4    4,444     16.0    4,677     16.7    4,786     16.4    4,701     16.1
     Mining and Quarrying                        106      0.4      106      0.4     118       0.4       99      0.3      93       0.3
     Manufacturing                             2,715     10.0    2,792     10.1   2,884      10.3    2,912     10.0   2,934      10.0
     Electricity Gas and Water                   116      0.4      116      0.4     116       0.4      124      0.4     118       0.4
     Construction                              1,493      5.5    1,430      5.1   1,559       5.6    1,651      5.7   1,556       5.3
 Services                                     12,796     47.2   12,925     46.5   13,158     46.8   13,458     46.2   13,600     46.4
     Wholesale and Retail Trade*               4,412     16.3    4,587     16.5   4,956      17.6    5,250     18.0   5,278      18.0
     Transport, Storage and  Communication     2,003      7.4    2,024      7.3   2,078       7.4    2,108      7.2   2,112       7.2
     Financing, Insurance, Real Estate
        and Business Services                    709      2.6      678      2.4      773      2.8      783      2.7     825       2.8
     Community, Social and Personal Services   5,672     20.9    5,636     20.3    5,351     19.1    5,317     18.2   5,385      18.4
 Industry Not Adequately Defined                 12       0.0       4       0.0       -        -        -        -        -        -

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 Note: Estimates for all quarters used the 1995 Census-based Population Projection.
 * Estimates for 2001 include Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles, Personal and Household Goods

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