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
 Class of Worker                                   |---------------------------------------------
                                                   |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                   |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                                          32,876         100.0    31,741        100.0

Wage and Salary Workers                              16,552          50.3    16,407         51.7

   Private Household                                  1,555           4.7     1,352          4.3
   Private Establishment                             12,427          37.8    12,567         39.6
   Gov't/Gov't Corporation                            2,463           7.5     2,379          7.5
   With pay (Family owned Business)                     107           0.3       109          0.3

Own Account                                          12,157          37.3    11,642         36.7

   Self Employed                                     10,669          32.5    10,077         31.7
   Employer                                           1,488           4.5     1,565          4.9

Unpaid Family Workers                                 4,168          12.7     3,692         11.6


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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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