TABLE 1   Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker and Hours Worked, Philippines:
          January 2008 and January 2009
         (In percent)

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                                                                         |   January |   January
Selected Indicators                                                      |      2009 |      2008
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EMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                                        34,258       33,693

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                                         100.0        100.0
Agriculture                                                                    34.6         35.0
    Agriculture, hunting and forestry                                          30.5         30.9
    Fishing                                                                     4.1          4.1
Industry                                                                       14.2         14.8
    Mining and quarrying                                                        0.4          0.4
    Manufacturing                                                               8.3          8.8
    Electricity, gas and water                                                  0.4          0.4

    Construction                                                                5.0          5.2
Services                                                                       51.2         50.2
    Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
            motorcycles and personal and household goods                       19.4         18.8
    Hotels and restaurants                                                      2.9          2.9
    Transport, storage and  communication                                       7.8          7.9
    Financial Intermediation                                                    1.0          1.1
    Real estate, renting and business activities                                3.0          2.7
    Public administration and defense, compulsory social security               4.8          4.8
    Education                                                                   3.4          3.2
    Health and social work                                                      1.3          1.2
    Other community, social and personal service activities                     2.5          2.5
    Private households with employed persons                                    5.2          5.2
    Extra-territorial organizations and bodies                                  0.0          0.0

OCCUPATION
Total
Officials of government and special interest organizations,                   100.0        100.0
corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors
and supervisors                                                                13.2         11.9
Professionals                                                                   4.7          4.5
Technicians and associate professionals                                         2.7          2.6
Clerks                                                                          5.2          5.2
Service workers and shop and market sales workers                              10.5          9.8
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                                        17.3         18.1
Trades and related workers                                                      7.5          8.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers                                      6.6          7.7
Laborers and unskilled workers                                                 31.9         31.6
Special occupations                                                             0.4          0.4

CLASS OF WORKER
Total                                                                         100.0        100.0
Wage and Salary Workers                                                        52.3         51.7
   Private household                                                            5.2          5.3
   Private establishment                                                       38.7         38.2
   Government/government corporation                                            8.1          7.9
   With pay (family owned business)                                             0.2          0.3
Own Account                                                                    35.4         36.1
   Self employed                                                               31.3         32.3
   Employer                                                                     4.1          3.8
Unpaid Family Workers                                                          12.3         12.2

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                                         100.0        100.0
Working:
Less than 40 hours                                                             36.3         35.2
40 hours and over                                                              62.0         63.5
Did not work                                                                    1.7          1.2
Mean hours worked                                                              41.3         41.6

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2009 are preliminary and may change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 and January 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  March 17, 2009