Table 6.  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: January 2005 and January 2006
          (Details may not add up to total 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

Wage and Salary Workers                  16,212         50.1    16,114        50.9
   Private Household                      1,582          4.9     1,359         4.3
   Private Establishment                 12,049         37.2    12,295        38.9
   Gov't/Gov't Corporation                2,478          7.7     2,351         7.4
   With pay (Family owned Business          102          0.3       109         0.3
Own Account                              12,085         37.3    11,822        37.4
   Self Employed                         10,610         32.8    10,329        32.7
   Employer                               1,475          4.6     1,493         4.7
Unpaid Family Workers                     4,087         12.6     3,698        11.7


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Note :   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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