TABLE 5   Employed Persons by Major Occupation 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 Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                               32,699      100.0        31,873     100.0

 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                          3,883       11.9         3,868      12.1
 Professionals                                              1,422        4.3         1,360       4.3
 Technicians and associate professionals                      867        2.7           879       2.8
 Clerks                                                     1,532        4.7         1,439       4.5
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                        3,191        9.8         3,094       9.7
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                    6,049       18.5         5,839      18.3
 Trades and related workers                                 2,981        9.1         3,048       9.6
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                            2,466        7.5         2,380       7.5
 Laborers and unskilled workers                            10,151       31.0         9,815      30.8
 Special occupations                                          156        0.5           153       0.5

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

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

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