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

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                                                          October 2007 |             October 2006
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Major Occupation Group                               Number            |        Number
                                              (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                          33,672      100.0          32,886      100.0

Officials of government and special interest
  organizations, corporate executives,
  managers, managing proprietors,
  and supervisors                                     3,817       11.3           3,797       11.5
Professionals                                         1,503        4.5           1,416        4.3
Technicians and associate professionals                 887        2.6             899        2.7
Clerks                                                1,691        5.0           1,544        4.7
Service workers and shop and market
  sales workers                                       3,141        9.3           3,167        9.6
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen              6,314       18.8           6,191       18.8
Trades and related workers                            2,812        8.4           2,682        8.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers            2,603        7.7           2,538        7.7
Laborers and unskilled workers                       10,768       32.0          10,507       31.9
Special occupations                                     134        0.4             144        0.4

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Note:
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Sources:  National Statistics Office, October 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey

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