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

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                                                                   July 2005 |             July 2004
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                               32,167      100.0        31,270     100.0

 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                          3,671       11.4         3,693      11.8
 Professionals                                              1,393        4.3         1,340       4.3
 Technicians and associate professionals                      813        2.5           884       2.8
 Clerks                                                     1,461        4.5         1,359       4.3
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                        2,947        9.2         2,820       9.0
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                    6,187       19.2         5,828      18.6
 Trades and related workers                                 2,822        8.8         2,812       9.0
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                            2,433        7.6         2,408       7.7
 Laborers and unskilled workers                            10,304       32.0         9,998      32.0
 Special occupations                                          135        0.4           127       0.4

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

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

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