TABLE 5   Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2004 and January 2005
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                         January 2005 |          January 2004
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Major Occupation Group                              Number            |      Number
                                                (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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Philippines                                         31,277      100.0        31,173     100.0

Officials of government and special interest
    organizations, corporate executives,
    managers, managing proprietors and
    supervisors                                      3,598       11.5         3,785      12.1
Professionals                                        1,359        4.3         1,311       4.2
Technicians and associate professionals                829        2.7           867       2.8
Clerks                                               1,385        4.4         1,323       4.2
Service workers and shop and market
    sales workers                                    2,879        9.2         2,912       9.3
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen              6,084       19.5         5,820      18.7
Trades and related workers                           2,871        9.2         2,880       9.2
Plant and machine operators and
    assemblers                                       2,429        7.8         2,417       7.8
Laborers and unskilled workers                       9,686       31.0         9,718      31.2
Special occupations                                    157        0.5           140       0.4

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

Source: National Statistics Office, January 2004 and January 2005 Labor Force Survey

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