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


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                                                        October 2004 |          October 2003
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Major Industry Group                               Number            |     Number
                                               (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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 Philippines                                       31,377      100.0       31,182      100.0

 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                  3,475       11.1        3,577       11.5
 Professionals                                      1,352        4.3        1,325        4.2
 Technicians and associate professionals              860        2.7          868        2.8
 Clerks                                             1,344        4.3        1,302        4.2
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                2,827        9.0        2,859        9.2
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen            6,050       19.3        5,993       19.2
 Trades and related workers                         2,817        9.0        2,862        9.2
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                    2,495        8.0        2,362        7.6
 Laborers and unskilled workers                    10,022       31.9        9,912       31.8
 Special occupations                                  136        0.4          122        0.4

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

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

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