TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: 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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Class of Worker                               Number            |      Number
                                          (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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Philippines                                   33,545     100.0         32,031     100.0

Wage and Salary Workers                       17,911      53.4         16,086      50.2	
   Private household                           1,915       5.7          1,566       4.9
   Private establishment                      13,225      39.4         11,983      37.4
   Government/government corporation           2,605       7.8          2,438       7.6
   With pay (family owned business)              167       0.5            100       0.3

Own Account                                   11,764      35.1         11,900      37.2 
   Self employed                              10,194      30.4         10,465      32.7
   Employer                                    1,570       4.7          1,434       4.5

Unpaid Family Workers                          3,870      11.5          4,046      12.6

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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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