Table 1   Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker and Hours Worked, Philippines:  July 2007	
          (In percent)

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                                                                      |      July |      July
Selected Indicators                                                   |      2007 |      2006
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EMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                                      33,334      32,926

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                                       100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                                                  34.5        35.6
    Agriculture, hunting and forestry                                        30.3        31.3
    Fishing                                                                   4.2         4.4
Industry                                                                     15.6        15.2
    Mining and quarrying                                                      0.4         0.4
    Manufacturing                                                             9.2         9.3
    Electricity, gas and water                                                0.4         0.3
    Construction                                                              5.5         5.1
Services                                                                     49.9        49.2
    Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
            motorcycles and personal and household goods                     19.1        19.2
    Hotels and restaurants                                                    2.7         2.6
    Transport, storage and  communication                                     7.9         7.5
    Financial Intermediation                                                  1.1         1.0
    Real estate, renting and business activities                              2.5         2.4
    Public administration and defense, compulsory social security             4.6         4.6
    Education                                                                 3.2         3.0
    Health and social work                                                    1.1         1.1
    Other community, social and personal service activities                   2.5         2.5
    Private households with employed persons                                  5.3         5.3
    Extra-territorial organizations and bodies                                0.0        0.0

OCCUPATION
Total                                                                       100.0       100.0
Officials of government and special interest organizations,
corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors
and supervisors                                                              12.0      11.8
Professionals                                                                 4.3       4.2
Technicians and associate professionals                                       2.7       2.7
Clerks                                                                        5.0       4.6
Service workers and shop and market sales workers                             9.8       9.5
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                                      18.0      18.3
Trades and related workers                                                    8.7       8.4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers                                    7.5       7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers                                               31.5      32.4
Special occupations                                                           0.4       0.4

CLASS OF WORKER
Total                                                                       100.0     100.0
Wage and Salary Workers                                                      53.1      52.9
   Private household                                                          5.4       5.4
   Private establishment                                                     39.1      39.4
   Government/government corporation                                          8.0       7.7
   With pay (family owned business)                                           0.6       0.4
Own Account                                                                  35.6      35.6
   Self employed                                                             31.3      31.1
   Employer                                                                   4.3       4.5
Unpaid Family Workers                                                        11.2      11.5

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                                       100.0     100.0
Working:
Less than 40 hours                                                           33.2      35.6
40 hours and over                                                            66.1      63.2
Did not work                                                                  0.7       1.3
Mean hours worked                                                            42.6      41.9

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Notes:   Estimates for July 2007 are preliminary and subject to change.
         Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.	

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

Page last updated:  September 14, 2007