TABLE 1   Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker
          and Hours Worked, Philippines: October 2006 and October 2007	
          (In percent)

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                                                                   |   October |   October
Selected Indicators                                                |      2007 |      2006
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EMPLOYED PERSONS  
Number (in thousands)                                                   33,671      32,886

INDUSTRY SECTOR

Total                                                                    100.0       100.0
Agriculture
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry                                       32.0        32.3
  Fishing                                                                  4.1         4.3

Industry
  Mining and quarrying                                                     0.4         0.4
  Manufacturing                                                            9.1         9.2
  Electricity, gas and water                                               0.4         0.4
  Construction                                                             5.2         4.9

Services
  Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
    motorcycles and personal and household goods                          18.3        18.7
  Hotels and restaurants                                                   2.7         2.8
  Transport, storage and  communication                                    7.7         7.5
  Financial Intermediation                                                 1.1         1.1
  Real estate, renting and business activities                             2.6         2.4
  Public administration and defense, compulsory social security            4.7         4.6
  Education                                                                3.1         3.0
  Health and social work                                                   1.2         1.1
  Other community, social and personal service activities                  2.3         2.3
  Private households with employed persons                                 5.1         4.9
  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                                                         11.3        11.5
Professionals                                                              4.5         4.3
Technicians and associate professionals                                    2.6         2.7
Clerks                                                                     5.0         4.7
Service workers and shop and market sales workers                          9.3         9.6
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                                   18.7        18.8
Trades and related workers                                                 8.4         8.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers                                 7.7         7.7
Laborers and unskilled workers                                            32.0        31.9
Special occupations                                                        0.4         0.4

CLASS OF WORKER

Total                                                                    100.0       100.0
Wage and Salary Workers                                                   51.1        50.6
  Private household                                                        5.2         5.0
  Private establishment                                                   37.7        37.7
  Government/government corporation                                        7.8         7.6
  With pay (family owned business)                                         0.4         0.3
Own Account                                                               36.5        36.3
  Self employed                                                           32.3        31.9
  Employer                                                                 4.2         4.5
Unpaid Family Workers                                                     12.4        13.1

HOURS WORKED

Total                                                                    100.0       100.0
Working:
Less than 40 hours                                                        35.1        36.6
40 hours and over                                                         64.1        62.0
Did not work                                                               0.8         1.4
Mean hours worked                                                         41.7        41.2

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

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

Page last updated:  March 04, 2008
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