TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: April 2006 and April 2007
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                     April 2007 |            April 2006
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Class of Worker                               Number            |      Number
                                          (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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 Philippines                                  33,704      100.0        32,699     100.0

 Wage and salary workers                      17,232       51.1        16,544      50.6
 Private household                             1,665        4.9         1,518       4.6
 Private establishment                        12,867       38.2        12,342      37.7
 Government/Government corporation             2,571        7.6         2,535       7.8
 With pay (family owned business)                129        0.4           149       0.5
 Own account workers                          12,062       35.8        12,253      37.5
 Self employed                                10,767       31.9        10,934      33.4
 Employer                                      1,295        3.8         1,319       4.0
 Unpaid family workers                         4,410       13.1         3,902      11.9

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

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

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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