TABLE 5  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: July 2003 and July 2004
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                           July 2004 |             July 2003
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Major Industry Group                               Number            |     Number
                                               (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                        31,270      100.0       30,088      100.0

Officials of government and special interest
  organizations, corporate executives,
  managers, managing proprietors,
  and supervisors                                   3,693       11.8        3,210       10.7
Professionals                                       1,340        4.3        1,265        4.2
Technicians and associate professionals               884        2.8          862        2.9
Clerks                                              1,359        4.3        1,424        4.7
Service workers and shop and market
  sales workers                                     2,820        9.0        2,829        9.4
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            5,828       18.6        6,262       20.8
Trades and related workers                          2,812        9.0        2,963        9.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers          2,408        7.7        2,385        7.9
Laborers and unskilled workers                      9,998       32.0        8,749       29.1
Special occupations                                   127        0.4          140        0.5

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Note: Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source: National Statistics Office, July 2003 and July 2004 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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