Table 4.  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2003 to January 2004
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                January 2003  |   April 2003   |    July 2003   |  October 2003  |  January 2004
Major Occupation Group         Number         | Number         | Number         | Number         | Number        
                               ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent
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Philippines

Total employed 
  (In thousands)               30,119  100.0   30,418    100.0   30,451   100.0   31,553   100.0   31,522   100.0

Officials of government 
  and special interest
  organizations, corporate 
  executives, managers,      
  managing proprietors,
  and supervisors               3,385   11.2    3,287     10.8    3,273    10.7    3,646    11.6    3,867    12.3
Professionals                   1,389    4.6    1,368      4.5    1,287     4.2    1,350     4.3    1,340     4.3
Technicians and associate
  professionals                   858    2.8      910      3.0      877     2.9      884     2.8      882     2.8
Clerks                          1,326    4.4    1,337      4.4    1,443     4.7    1,318     4.2    1,341     4.3
Service workers and shop 
  and market sales workers      2,575    8.5    2,547      8.4    2,857     9.4    2,882     9.1    2,934     9.3
Farmers, forestry workers, 
  and fishermen                 6,244   20.7    6,199     20.4    6,347    20.8    6,088    19.3    5,855    18.6
Trades and related workers      2,841    9.4    3,012      9.9    2,986     9.8    2,889     9.2    2,898     9.2
Plant and machine operators     2,288    7.6    2,343      7.7    2,392     7.9    2,369     7.5    2,408     7.6
  and assemblers            
Laborers and unskilled workers  9,087   30.2    9,275     30.5    8,846    29.0   10,004    31.7    9,857    31.3
Special occupations               127    0.4      140      0.5      141     0.5      122     0.4      140     0.4

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

Notes:
         Estimates for January 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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