TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: 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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Class of Worker                           Number            |     Number
                                      (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                               32,528      100.0       31,377      100.0

Wage and Salary Workers                   16,432       50.5       16,275       51.9	 
   Private household                       1,545        4.8        1,339        4.3
   Private establishment                  12,353       38.0       12,489       39.8
   Government/government corporation       2,426        7.5        2,339        7.5
   With pay (family owned business)          107        0.3          108        0.3

Own Account                               11,969       36.8       11,454       36.5	  
   Self employed                          10,522       32.3        9,935       31.7
   Employer                                1,447        4.4        1,519        4.8

Unpaid Family Workers                      4,127       12.7        3,648       11.6

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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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