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

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

Wage and Salary Workers                  16,759         50.5    16,553        50.4
  Private Household                       1,654          5.0     1,558         4.7
  Private Establishment                  12,464         37.6    12,422        37.8
  Gov't/Gov't Corporation                 2,533          7.6     2,465         7.5
  With pay (Family owned Business)          109          0.3       108         0.3

Own Account                              12,094         36.4    12,158        37.0
  Self Employed                          10,577         31.9    10,667        32.4
  Employer                                1,517          4.6     1,491         4.5

Unpaid Family Workers                     4,332         13.1     4,165        12.7

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Note :   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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