TABLE 5   Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2005 and January 2006
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                                January 2006 |          January 2005
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                               32,031      100.0        31,277     100.0

 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                          3,663       11.4         3,598      11.5
 Professionals                                              1,392        4.3         1,359       4.3
 Technicians and associate professionals                      856        2.7           829       2.7
 Clerks                                                     1,418        4.4         1,385       4.4
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                        3,012        9.4         2,879       9.2
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                    6,233       19.5         6,084      19.5
 Trades and related workers                                 2,768        8.6         2,871       9.2
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                            2,484        7.8         2,429       7.8
 Laborers and unskilled workers                            10,055       31.4         9,686      31.0
 Special occupations                                          149        0.5           157       0.5

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2005 and January 2006 Labor Force Survey

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