TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: OCTOBER 2001 TO OCTOBER 2002
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                      Oct 2001           Jan 2002           Apr 2002            Jul 2002           Oct 2002
               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)          30,085   100.0      29,705   100.0     30,186    100.0     30,104    100.0    30,252   100.0

 Officials of Government and Special Interest
       Organizations, Corporate Executives,
       Managers, Managing Proprietors and
       Supervisors                                 3,090    10.3       3,072    10.3      3,175     10.5      3,248     10.8     3,373    11.1
 Professionals                                     1,390     4.6       1,401     4.7      1,367      4.5      1,381      4.6     1,391     4.6
 Technicians and Associate Professionals             754     2.5         776     2.6        850      2.8        846      2.8       801     2.6
 Clerks                                            1,326     4.4       1,314     4.4      1,335      4.4      1,373      4.6     1,306     4.3
 Service Workers and Shop and Market
       Sales Workers                               2,720     9.0       2,709     9.1      2,677      8.9      2,625      8.7     2,622     8.7
 Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen           6,345    21.1       6,266    21.1      6,170     20.4      6,241     20.7     6,283    20.8
 Trades and Related Workers                        3,045    10.1       2,962    10.0      3,107     10.3      2,937      9.8     2,960     9.8
 Plant and Machine Operators and
      Assemblers                                   2,278     7.6       2,194     7.4      2,147      7.1      2,266      7.5     2,182     7.2
 Laborers and Unskilled Workers                    9,003    29.9       8,888    29.9      9,227     30.6      9,061     30.1     9,215    30.5
 Special Occupations                                 133     0.4         122     0.4        130      0.4        126      0.4       118     0.4

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