TABLE 5  Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: January 2007 and January 2008
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                           January 2008 |          January 2008
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Major Occupation Group                                Number            |     Number
                                                  (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                           33,693      100.0       33,545      100.0

Officials of government and special interest
  organizations, corporate executives,
  managers, managing proprietors
  and supervisors                                      3,997       11.9        4,051       12.1
Professionals                                          1,523        4.5        1,454        4.3
Technicians and associate professionals                  878        2.6          919        2.7
Clerks                                                 1,735        5.2        1,647        4.9
Service workers and shop and market
  sales workers                                        3,306        9.8        3,281        9.8
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen               6,115       18.1        5,913       17.6
Trades and related workers                             2,759        8.2        2,710        8.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers             2,605        7.7        2,588        7.7
Laborers and unskilled workers                        10,636       31.6       10,838       32.3
Special occupations                                      138        0.4          144        0.4

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2007 and January 2008 Labor Force Survey

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