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

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                                 April 2003        July 2003      October 2003     January 2004      Apr 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)               30,418   100.0   30,451   100.0   31,553   100.0   31,547   100.0   31,520   100.0

Officials of government
  and special interest
  organizations, corporate
  executives, managers,
  managing proprietors,
  and supervisors               3,287    10.8    3,273    10.7    3,646    11.6    3,862    12.2    3,911    12.4
Professionals                   1,368     4.5    1,287     4.2    1,350     4.3    1,339     4.2    1,326     4.2
Technicians and associate
  professionals                   910     3.0      877     2.9      884     2.8      882     2.8      878     2.8
Clerks                          1,337     4.4    1,443     4.7    1,318     4.2    1,343     4.3    1,329     4.2
Service workers and shop
  and market sales workers      2,547     8.4    2,857     9.4    2,882     9.1    2,935     9.3    2,931     9.3
Farmers, forestry workers,
  and fishermen                 6,199    20.4    6,347    20.8    6,088    19.3    5,905    18.7    5,718    18.1
Trades and related workers      3,012     9.9    2,986     9.8    2,889     9.2    2,899     9.2    2,906     9.2
Plant and machine operators
  and assemblers                2,343     7.7    2,392     7.9    2,369     7.5    2,411     7.6    2,411     7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers  9,275    30.5    8,846    29.0   10,004    31.7    9,831    31.2    9,941    31.5
Special occupations               140     0.5      141     0.5      122     0.4      140     0.4      169     0.5

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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 April 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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