TABLE 5.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  OCTOBER  2000 AND OCTOBER 2001
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                 MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                       TOTAL EMPLOYED                                                          C L A S S   O F   W O R K E R
                                                                                       |        WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS        |        OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS            |        UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                                 October   Percent   October   Percent | October   Percent   October   Percent | October   Percent   October   Percent | October   Percent    October   Percent
                                                   2000                2001            |   2000                2001            |   2000                2001            |   2000                2001
                                                  ('000)              ('000)           |  ('000)              ('000)           |  ('000)              ('000)           |  ('000)              ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                              27,775     100.0    30,090     100.0    13,827     100.0    14,751     100.0    10,483     100.0    11,256       100     3,465     100.0     4,083     100.0

 Agriculture                                      10,401      37.4    11,252      37.4     2,404      17.4     2,638      17.9     5,378      51.3     5,628      50.0     2,619      75.6     2,987      73.2
 Industry                                          4,444      16.0     4,681      15.6     3,476      25.1     3,658      24.8       797       7.6       848       7.5       170       4.9       175       4.3
     Mining and Quarrying                            106       0.4       104       0.3        80       0.6        80       0.5        22       0.2        19       0.2         4       0.1         4       0.1
     Manufacturing                                 2,792      10.1     2,891       9.6     2,000      14.5     2,046      13.9       633       6.0       681       6.1       158       4.6       164       4.0
     Electricity Gas and Water                       116       0.4       116       0.4       110       0.8       113       0.8         5       0.0         3       0.0        *        0.0        -        0.0
     Construction                                  1,430       5.1     1,570       5.2     1,286       9.3     1,419       9.6       137       1.3       145       1.3         8       0.2         7       0.2
 Services                                         12,925      46.5    14,155      47.0     7,941      57.4     8,454      57.3     4,308      41.1     4,779      42.5       676      19.5       921      22.6
     Wholesale and Retail Trade1                   4,587      16.5     5,529      18.4     1,299       9.4     1,612      10.9     2,746      26.2     3,169      28.2       541      15.6       748      18.3
     Transportation, Storage and  Communication    2,024       7.3     2,171       7.2     1,175       8.5     1,221       8.3       821       7.8       909       8.1        28       0.8        41       1.0
     Financing, Insurance, Real Estate
      and Business Services                          678       2.4       848       2.8       606       4.4       702       4.8        69       0.7       128       1.1         4       0.1        18       0.4
     Community, Social and Personal Services       5,636      20.3     5,607      18.6     4,861      35.2     4,919      33.3       672       6.4       573       5.1       103       3.0       114       2.8
 Industry N.E.C.                                       4       0.0        -         -         4        0.0        -         -          *       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
 * - less than 500

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