Table 5.  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: July 2005 and July 2006
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                          |       July  2005            July  2006
 Major Occupation Group                                   |---------------------------------------------
                                                          |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                          |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                                                 33,257         100.0   32,522         100.0

Officials of Government and Special Interest

      Organizations, Corporate Executives,
      Managers, Managing Proprietors and
      Supervisors                                            3,978          12.0    3,751          11.5

Professionals                                                1,413           4.2    1,421           4.4

Technicians and Associate Professionals                        911           2.7      827           2.5
Clerks                                                       1,547           4.7    1,484           4.6

Service Workers and Shop and Market

      Sales Workers                                          3,132           9.4    2,963           9.1
Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen                      6,116          18.4    6,279          19.3
Trades and Related Workers                                   2,797           8.4    2,836           8.7
Plant and Machine Operators and
     Assemblers                                              2,487           7.5    2,430           7.5
Laborers and Unskilled Workers                              10,738          32.3   10,396          32.0
Special Occupations                                            140           0.4      135           0.4

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Note:     Estimates for July 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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