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

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                                                          |        July 2005             July 2004
 Major Industry Group                                     |---------------------------------------------
                                                          |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                          |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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 Philippines                                                 32,521        100.0    31,632        100.0

 Agriculture                                                 11,990         36.9    11,450         36.2

     Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                       10,595         32.6    10,082         31.9
     Fishing                                                  1,395          4.3     1,368          4.3

 Industry                                                     4,999         15.4     4,933         15.6

     Mining and Quarrying                                       111          0.3       114          0.4
     Manufacturing                                            3,068          9.4     3,056          9.7
     Electricity, Gas and Water                                 111          0.3       110          0.3
     Construction                                             1,709          5.3     1,653          5.2

 Services                                                    15,532         47.8    15,250         48.2

     Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles,
        Motorcycles & Personal & Household Goods              6,064         18.6     5,901         18.7
     Hotels and Restaurants                                     859          2.6       805          2.5
     Transport, Storage and  Communication                    2,419          7.4     2,465          7.8
     Financial Intermediation                                   358          1.1       348          1.1
     Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities               715          2.2       691          2.2
     Public Administration & Defense, Compulsory
            Social Security                                   1,497          4.6     1,414          4.5
     Education                                                1,005          3.1       976          3.1
     Health and Social Work                                     380          1.2       375          1.2
     Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activi          714          2.2       782          2.5
     Private Households with Employed Persons                 1,520          4.7     1,491          4.7
     Extra-Territorial Organizations & Bodies                     2          0.0         2          0.0

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Notes:    Estimates are preliminary and subject to change.
          * - less than 500

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

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