Table 4.  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2004 to January 2005
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                   January 2004    |    April 2004   |    July 2004    |  October 2004   |   January 2005*
Major Occupation Group              Number Percent |  Number Percent |  Number Percent |  Number Percent |  Number  Percent
                                    ('000)         |  ('000)         |  ('000)         |  ('000)         |  ('000)
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Philippines

Total Employed                      31,547   100.0    31,533   100.0    31,632   100.0    31,741   100.0    31,634    100.0

Officials of government and
  special interest
  organizations, corporate
  executives, managers,
  managing proprietors and
  supervisors                        3,862    12.2     3,910    12.4     3,776    11.9     3,551    11.2     3,675     11.6
Professionals                        1,339     4.2     1,327     4.2     1,367     4.3     1,378     4.3     1,383      4.4
Technicians and associate
  professionals                        882     2.8       877     2.8       899     2.8       874     2.8       843      2.7
Clerks                               1,343     4.3     1,327     4.2     1,378     4.4     1,360     4.3     1,407      4.4
Service workers and shop and
  market sales workers               2,935     9.3     2,928     9.3     2,840     9.0     2,847     9.0     2,900      9.2
Farmers, forestry workers
  and fishermen                      5,905    18.7     5,720    18.1     5,917    18.7     6,140    19.3     6,174     19.5
Trades and related workers           2,899     9.2     2,902     9.2     2,828     8.9     2,836     8.9     2,886      9.1
Plant and machine operators
   and assemblers                    2,411     7.6     2,409     7.6     2,403     7.6     2,492     7.9     2,423      7.7
Laborers and unskilled
   workers                           9,831    31.2     9,963    31.6    10,096    31.9    10,128    31.9     9,785     30.9
Special occupations                    140     0.4       169     0.5       127     0.4       135     0.4       157      0.5

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Note:    * - Estimates for January 2005 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Labor Force Survey
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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