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

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                                 October 2003 |   January 2004 |   April 2004*  |   July 2004*   |   October 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)               31,553   100.0  31,547    100.0  31,533    100.0  31,632    100.0  31,733    100.0

Officials of government
  and special interest
  organizations, corporate
  executives, managers,
  managing proprietors,
  and supervisors               3,646    11.6   3,862     12.2   3,910     12.4   3,776    11.9    3,553     11.2
Professionals                   1,350     4.3   1,339      4.2   1,327      4.2   1,367      4.3   1,378      4.3
Technicians and associate
  professionals                   884     2.8     882      2.8     877      2.8     899      2.8     874      2.8
Clerks                          1,318     4.2   1,343      4.3   1,327      4.2   1,378      4.4   1,361      4.3
Service workers and shop
  and market sales workers      2,882     9.1   2,935      9.3   2,928      9.3   2,840      9.0   2,848      9.0
Farmers, forestry workers,
  and fishermen                 6,088    19.3   5,905     18.7   5,720     18.1   5,917     18.7   6,134     19.3
Trades and related workers      2,889     9.2   2,899      9.2   2,902      9.2   2,828      8.9   2,838      8.9
Plant and machine operators
  and assemblers                2,369     7.5   2,411      7.6   2,409      7.6   2,403      7.6   2,492      7.9
Laborers and unskilled workers 10,004    31.7   9,831     31.2   9,963     31.6  10,096     31.9  10,121     31.9
Special occupations               122     0.4     140      0.4     169      0.5     127      0.4     135      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 October 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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