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
 Major Occupation Group                                   |---------------------------------------------
                                                          |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                          |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                                                  33,024        100.0    32,221        100.0

Officials of Government and Special Interest

      Organizations, Corporate Executives,
      Managers, Managing Proprietors and
      Supervisors                                             3,954         12.0     3,943         12.2

Professionals                                                 1,442          4.4     1,385          4.3

Technicians and Associate Professionals                         879          2.7       892          2.8
Clerks                                                        1,553          4.7     1,461          4.5

Service Workers and Shop and Market

      Sales Workers                                           3,205          9.7     3,116          9.7
Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen                       6,135         18.6     5,923         18.4
Trades and Related Workers                                    2,993          9.1     3,060          9.5
Plant and Machine Operators and
     Assemblers                                               2,463          7.5     2,379          7.4
Laborers and Unskilled Workers                               10,243         31.0     9,910         30.8
Special Occupations                                             157          0.5       153          0.5

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Notes:    Estimates for April 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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