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

Wage and Salary Workers                  16,661         50.5    16,296        50.6
   Private Household                      1,531          4.6     1,491         4.6
   Private Establishment                 12,404         37.6    12,130        37.6
   Gov't/Gov't Corporation                2,575          7.8     2,503         7.8
   With pay (Family owned Business          151          0.5       173         0.5
Own Account                              12,440         37.7    12,301        38.2
   Self Employed                         11,083         33.6    10,740        33.3
   Employer                               1,357          4.1     1,561         4.8
Unpaid Family Workers                     3,922         11.9     3,624        11.2

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Note :   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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