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

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                                                                   July 2007 |             July 2006
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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Philippines                                                33,318      100.0        32,926     100.0

Officials of government and special interest
      organizations, corporate executives,
      managers, managing proprietors and
      supervisors                                           4,005       12.0         3,900      11.8
Professionals                                               1,435        4.3         1,387       4.2
Technicians and associate professionals                       914        2.7           896       2.7
Clerks                                                      1,665        5.0         1,524       4.6
Service workers and shop and market
      sales workers                                         3,271        9.8         3,115       9.5
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                     6,003       18.0         6,034      18.3
Trades and related workers                                  2,897        8.7         2,782       8.4
Plant and machine operators and
     assemblers                                             2,508        7.5         2,490       7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers                             10,485       31.5        10,658      32.4
Special occupations                                           135        0.4           141       0.4

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

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

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