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

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                                                           |     October  2005         October  2006
 Major Occupation Group                                    |---------------------------------------------
                                                           |  Number      Percent |  Number      Percent
                                                           |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                                                  33,185         100.0    32,875        100.0

Officials of Government and Special Interest
  Organizations,Corporate Executives, Managers,
  Managing Proprietors and Supervisors                        3,874          11.7     3,767         11.5
Professionals                                                 1,437           4.3     1,391          4.2
Technicians and Associate Professionals                         913           2.8       871          2.6
Clerks                                                        1,564           4.7     1,465          4.5
Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers             3,177           9.6     3,042          9.3
Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen                       6,263          18.9     6,268         19.1
Trades and Related Workers                                    2,688           8.1     2,767          8.4
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers                    2,533           7.6     2,553          7.8
Laborers and Unskilled Workers                               10,591          31.9    10,612         32.3
Special Occupations                                             145           0.4       139          0.4

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Notes:    Estimates 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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