TABLE 5   Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2006 and January 2007
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                                January 2007 |          January 2006
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                               33,545      100.0        32,031     100.0
	
 Officials of government and special interest
       organizations, corporate executives,
       managers, managing proprietors and
       supervisors                                          4,051       12.1         3,663      11.4
 Professionals                                              1,454        4.3         1,392       4.3
 Technicians and associate professionals                      919        2.7           856       2.7
 Clerks                                                     1,647        4.9         1,418       4.4
 Service workers and shop and market
       sales workers                                        3,281        9.8         3,012       9.4
 Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                    5,913       17.6         6,233      19.5
 Trades and related workers                                 2,710        8.1         2,768       8.6
 Plant and machine operators and
      assemblers                                            2,588        7.7         2,484       7.8
 Laborers and unskilled workers                            10,838       32.3        10,055      31.4
 Special occupations                                          144        0.4           149       0.5

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2006 and January 2007 Labor Force Survey

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