TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: 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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Class of Worker                              Number            |        Number
                                      (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                  33,672      100.0          32,886      100.0

Wage and salary workers                      17,198       51.1          16,656       50.6
  Private household                           1,745        5.2           1,645        5.0
  Private establishment                      12,689       37.7          12,404       37.7
  Government/government corporation           2,636        7.8           2,498        7.6
  With pay (family owned business)              128        0.4             108        0.3

Own-account                                  12,292       36.5          11,923       36.3
  Self employed                              10,873       32.3          10,451       31.8
  Employer                                    1,419        4.2           1,473        4.5

Unpaid family workers                         4,182       12.4           4,306       13.1

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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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