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

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                MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP            October 2000        January 2001        April 2001           July 2001          October 2001
                                              Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
                                              ('000)              ('000)              ('000)              ('000)              ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                          27,775     100.0   28,096      100.0    29,160     100.0   29,281      100.0    30,090     100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry            10,401      37.4   10,252       36.5    10,915      37.4   10,980       37.5    11,252      37.4
 Industry                                      4,444      16.0    4,682       16.7     4,786      16.4    4,701       16.1     4,681      15.6
     Mining and Quarrying                        106       0.4      118        0.4        99       0.3       93        0.3       104       0.3
     Manufacturing                             2,792      10.1    2,885       10.3     2,912      10.0    2,934       10.0     2,891       9.6
     Electricity Gas and Water                   116       0.4      116        0.4       124       0.4      118        0.4       116       0.4
     Construction                              1,430       5.1    1,563        5.6     1,651       5.7    1,556        5.3     1,570       5.2
 Services                                     12,925      46.5   13,158       46.8    13,458      46.2   13,600       46.4    14,155      47.0
     Wholesale and Retail Trade1               4,587      16.5    4,964       17.7     5,250      18.0    5,278       18.0     5,529      18.4
     Transport, Storage and  Communication     2,024       7.3    2,078        7.4     2,108       7.2    2,112        7.2     2,171       7.2
     Financing, Insurance, Real Estate
        and Business Services                    678       2.4      775        2.8       783       2.7      825        2.8       848       2.8
     Community, Social and Personal Services   5,636      20.3    5,341       19.0     5,317      18.2    5,385       18.4     5,607      18.6
 Industry Not Adequately Defined                  4        0.0       -          -         -         -         -         -         -         -

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Note: Estimates for all quarters used the 1995 Census-based Population Projection.
 1  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