TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: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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Class of Worker                               Number            |      Number
                                          (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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Philippines                                   32,031     100.0         31,277     100.0

Wage and Salary Workers                       16,086      50.2         15,985      51.1
   Private household                           1,566       4.9          1,348       4.3
   Private establishment                      11,983      37.4         12,220      39.1
   Government/government corporation           2,438       7.6          2,310       7.4
   With pay (family owned business)              100       0.3            107       0.3

Own Account                                   11,900      37.1         11,632      37.2 
   Self employed                              10,465      32.7         10,186      32.6
   Employer                                    1,434       4.5          1,446       4.6

Unpaid Family Workers                          4,046      12.6          3,661      11.7


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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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