Table 4.  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2002 to January 2003
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                        January 2002 |   April 2002   |    July 2002   |  October 2002  |  January 2003
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)         29,705   100.0   30,186   100.0   30,104   100.0   30,251   100.0   30,119   100.0

Officials of government and special
   interest organizations, corporate
   executives, managers, managing
   proprietors and supervisors         3,072    10.3    3,175    10.5    3,248    10.8    3,372    11.1    3,377    11.2
Professionals                          1,401     4.7    1,367     4.5    1,381     4.6    1,391     4.6    1,393     4.6
Technicians and associate 
   professionals                         776     2.6      850     2.8      846     2.8      802     2.7      851     2.8
Clerks                                 1,314     4.4    1,335     4.4    1,373     4.6    1,306     4.3    1,322     4.4
Service workers and shop
   and market sales workers            2,709     9.1    2,677    8.9     2,625     8.7    2,621     8.7    2,572     8.5
Farmers, forestry workers
   and fishermen                       6,266    21.1    6,170    20.4    6,241    20.7    6,284    20.8    6,230    20.7
Trades and related workers             2,962    10.0    3,107    10.3    2,937     9.8    2,964     9.8    2,850     9.5
Plant and machine operators
   and assemblers                      2,194     7.4    2,147     7.1    2,266     7.5    2,181     7.2    2,288     7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers         8,888    29.9    9,227    30.6    9,061    30.1    9,213    30.5    9,102    30.2
Special occupations                      122     0.4      130     0.4      126     0.4      118     0.4      135     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

Page last updated:   March 17, 2003
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