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
 Major Occupation Group                                   |---------------------------------------------
                                                          |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                          |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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 Philippines                                                32,876         100.0    31,741        100.0

 Officials of Government and Special Interest                3,768          11.5     3,551         11.2

       Organizations, Corporate Executives,
       Managers, Managing Proprietors and
       Supervisors

 Professionals                                               1,391           4.2     1,378          4.3

 Technicians and Associate Professionals                       871           2.6       874          2.8
 Clerks                                                      1,467           4.5     1,360          4.3

 Service Workers and Shop and Market

       Sales Workers                                         3,040           9.2     2,847          9.0
 Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen                     6,267          19.1     6,140         19.3
 Trades and Related Workers                                  2,768           8.4     2,836          8.9
 Plant and Machine Operators and
      Assemblers                                             2,554           7.8     2,492          7.9
 Laborers and Unskilled Workers                             10,612          32.3    10,128         31.9
 Special Occupations                                           138           0.4       135          0.4

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Notes:    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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