TABLE 4  Employed Persons by Major Industry Group: April 2005 and April 2006
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                                        April 2006 |                 April 2005
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Major Industry Group                                           Number              |       Number
                                                           (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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 Philippines                                                   32,699        100.0         31,873         100.0

 Agriculture                                                   11,281         34.5         10,849          34.0	 
     Agriculture, hunting and forestry                          9,843         30.1          9,478          29.7
     Fishing                                                    1,438          4.4          1,371           4.3

 Industry                                                       5,227         16.0          5,222          16.4	 
     Mining and quarrying                                         172          0.5            133           0.4
     Manufacturing                                              3,172          9.7          3,191          10.0
     Electricity, gas and water                                   144          0.4            119           0.4
     Construction                                               1,739          5.3          1,778           5.6

 Services                                                      16,191         49.5         15,802          49.6	 
     Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
        motorcycles and personal and household goods            6,427         19.7          6,317          19.8
     Hotels and restaurants                                       914          2.8            868           2.7
     Transport, storage and  communication                      2,470          7.6          2,379           7.5
     Financial Intermediation                                     332          1.0            357           1.1
     Real estate, renting and business activities                 798          2.4            761           2.4
     Public administration and defense, compulsory
            social security                                     1,491          4.6          1,473           4.6
     Education                                                  1,017          3.1            943           3.0
     Health and social work                                       364          1.1            368           1.2
    Other community, social and personal service activities       856          2.6            833           2.6
    Private households with employed persons                    1,519          4.6          1,503           4.7
    Extra-territorial organizations and bodies                      3          0.0              *           0.0

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Notes:
Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.
* Less than 500

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

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