Table 11. Number of Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Major Occupation Group: January 2003
(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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Officials of government Techni- Service Plant
and special interest cians workers Farmers, Trades and Laborers Special
organizations, Profes- and and shop forestry and Machine and occupa-
Major Industry Group Total corporate executives sionals asso- Clerks and workers related Operators un- tions
managers, managing ciate market and workers and skilled
proprietors profes- sales fisher- Assem- workers
and supervisors sionals workers men blers
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Philippines 30,119 3,377 1,393 851 1,322 2,572 6,230 2,850 2,288 9,102 135
Agriculture 11,146 114 6 15 13 19 6,229 1,250 4,496 190 1
Agriculture, hunting
and forestry 10,012 97 5 11 9 15 5,323 1,241 4,495 3
Fishing 1,134 17 1 4 4 4 906 9 1 187 1
Industry 4,560 373 97 102 152 72 * 2,401 463 891 8
Mining and quarrying 98 9 2 2 3 3 - 27 13 39 -
Manufacturing 2,767 288 56 81 103 64 * 1,356 404 408 7
Electricity, gas and water 117 15 10 7 26 3 - 34 11 10 1
Construction 1,578 61 29 12 20 2 - 984 35 434 -
Services 14,414 2,891 1,289 734 1,155 2,480 1 399 1,782 3,528 122
Wholesale and retail trade,
repair of motor vehicles,
motorcycles, and personal
and household goods 5,613 1,966 26 175 334 1,225 - 278 108 1,490 9
Hotels and restaurants 719 181 7 11 38 366 - 6 5 104 *
Transport, storage and commu-
nication 2,252 236 15 27 92 80 - 2*9 1,486 286 2
Financial intermediation 285 40 24 66 122 17 - 1 3 11 1
Real estate, renting and business
activities 560 87 55 90 82 130 - 38 21 56 1
Public administration and defense,
compulsory social security 1,463 253 152 168 304 268 1 29 47 139 101
Education 958 48 776 18 49 19 - 7 7 35 -
Health and social work 366 9 158 77 44 45 - 2 3 25 1
Other community, social and
personal service activities 880 71 74 96 87 238 - 38 16 254 7
Private households with employed
persons 1,313 - - 6 * 92 - - 86 1,128 -
Extraterritorial organizations
and bodies 5 * 2 - 3 - - - - - -
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* - less than 500
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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