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

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                                                                October 2005 |          October 2004
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                               32,528      100.0        31,377     100.0

 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                          3,691       11.3         3,475      11.1
 Professionals                                              1,367        4.2         1,352       4.3
 Technicians and associate professionals                      857        2.6           860       2.7
 Clerks                                                     1,443        4.4         1,344       4.3
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                        3,026        9.3         2,827       9.0
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                    6,181       19.0         6,050      19.3
 Trades and related workers                                 2,753        8.5         2,817       9.0
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                            2,556        7.9         2,495       8.0
 Laborers and unskilled workers                            10,515       32.3        10,022      31.9
 Special occupations                                          138        0.4           136       0.4

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

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

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