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

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                                 July 2003    |    Oct 2003    |    Jan 2004    |    Apr 2004    |    Jul 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)              30,451    100.0  31,553    100.0  31,547    100.0  31,539    100.0  31,623    100.0

Officials of government
  and special interest
  organizations, corporate
  executives, managers,
  managing proprietors,
  and supervisors              3,273     10.7   3,646     11.6   3,862     12.2   3,907     12.4   3,777     11.9
Professionals                  1,287      4.2   1,350      4.3   1,339      4.2   1,327      4.2   1,369      4.3
Technicians and associate
  professionals                  877      2.9     884      2.8     882      2.8     877      2.8     898      2.8
Clerks                         1,443      4.7   1,318      4.2   1,343      4.3   1,327      4.2   1,376      4.4
Service workers and shop
  and market sales workers     2,857      9.4   2,882      9.1   2,935      9.3   2,927      9.3   2,838      9.0
Farmers, forestry workers,
  and fishermen                6,347     20.8   6,088     19.3   5,905     18.7   5,724     18.1   5,911     18.7
Trades and related workers     2,986      9.8   2,889      9.2   2,899      9.2   2,900      9.2   2,828      8.9
Plant and machine operators
  and assemblers               2,392      7.9   2,369      7.5   2,411      7.6   2,410      7.6   2,405      7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers 8,846     29.0  10,004     31.7   9,831     31.2   9,972     31.6  10,095     31.9
Special occupations              141      0.5     122      0.4     140      0.4     169      0.5     127      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 July 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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