TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: January 2007 and January 2008
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                               January 2008 |          January 2007
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Class of Worker                           Number            |     Number
                                      (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                               33,693      100.0       33,545      100.0

Wage and salary workers                   17,421       51.7       17,911       53.4
  Private household                        1,774        5.3        1,915        5.7
  Private establishment                   12,880       38.2       13,225       39.4
  Government/government corporation        2,656        7.9        2,605        7.8
  With pay (family-owned business)           111        0.3          167        0.5

Own-account                               12,161       36.1       11,764       35.1
  Self-employed                           10,880       32.3       10,194       30.4
  Employer                                 1,281        3.8        1,570        4.7

Unpaid family workers                      4,110       12.2        3,870       11.5

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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

Page last updated: July 01, 2008
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