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

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

Wage and Salary Workers                 17,523          52.7    16,303        50.1
   Private Household                     1,794           5.4     1,489         4.6
   Private Establishment                13,040          39.2    12,198        37.5
   Gov't/Gov't Corporation               2,544           7.6     2,495         7.7
   With pay (Family owned Business         144           0.4       122         0.4
Own Account                             11,916          35.8    12,134        37.3
   Self Employed                        10,402          31.3    10,601        32.6
   Employer                              1,513           4.5     1,533         4.7
Unpaid Family Workers                    3,818          11.5     4,084        12.6

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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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