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
  Major Occupation Group                                   |---------------------------------------------
                                                           |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                           |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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 Philippines                                                  32,384        100.0    31,634        100.0

 Officials of Government and Special Interest                  3,736         11.5     3,675         11.6

       Organizations, Corporate Executives,
       Managers, Managing Proprietors and
       Supervisors

 Professionals                                                 1,414          4.4     1,383          4.4

 Technicians and Associate Professionals                         869          2.7       843          2.7
 Clerks                                                        1,437          4.4     1,407          4.4

 Service Workers and Shop and Market

       Sales Workers                                           3,035          9.4     2,900          9.2
 Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen                       6,317         19.5     6,174         19.5
 Trades and Related Workers                                    2,778          8.6     2,886          9.1
 Plant and Machine Operators and
      Assemblers                                               2,481          7.7     2,423          7.7
 Laborers and Unskilled Workers                               10,167         31.4     9,785         30.9
 Special Occupations                                             151          0.5       157          0.5

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2006 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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