Table 6.  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: July 2004 and July 2005
          (Details may not add up to total due to rounding.)

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

Wage and Salary Workers                  16,303         50.1    16,711        52.8
   Private Household                      1,488          4.6     1,411         4.5
   Private Establishment                 12,198         37.5    12,804        40.5
   Gov't/Gov't Corporation                2,495          7.7     2,376         7.5
   With pay (Family owned Business          122          0.4       120         0.4
Own Account                              12,134         37.3    11,388        36.0
   Self Employed                         10,601         32.6     9,881        31.2
   Employer                               1,533          4.7     1,507         4.8
Unpaid Family Workers                     4,084         12.6     3,533        11.2

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Note :   Estimates are preliminary and subject to change.

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

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