TABLE 1   Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker and Hours Worked, Philippines:
          January 2009 and January 2010
         (In percent)

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                                                                         |   January |   January
Selected Indicators                                                      |      2010 |      2009
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EMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                                      35,992      34,262

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                                          100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                                                     32.8        34.6  
    Agriculture, hunting and forestry                                           28.7        30.5
    Fishing                                                                      4.1         4.1
Industry                                                                        14.8        14.2	 
    Mining and quarrying                                                         0.5         0.4
    Manufacturing                                                                8.4         8.3
    Electricity, gas and water                                                   0.4         0.4
    Construction                                                                 5.4         5.0

Services                                                                        52.4        51.2 
    Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
       motorcycles and personal and household goods                             19.6        19.4
    Hotels and restaurants                                                       3.1         2.9
    Transport, storage and  communication                                        7.6         7.8
    Financial Intermediation                                                     1.1         1.0
    Real estate, renting and business activities                                 3.1         3.0
    Public administration and defense, compulsory social security                5.1         4.8
    Education                                                                    3.2         3.4
    Health and social work                                                       1.2         1.3
    Other community, social and personal service activities                      2.6         2.5
    Private households with employed persons                                     5.9         5.2
    Extra-territorial organizations and bodies                                     -         0.0

OCCUPATION
Total                                                                          100.0       100.0  
Officials of government and special interest organizations,
corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors
and supervisors                                                                 14.5        13.2
Professionals                                                                    4.4         4.7
Technicians and associate professionals                                          2.7         2.7
Clerks                                                                           5.3         5.2
Service workers and shop and market sales workers                               10.7        10.5
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                                         15.4        17.3
Trades and related workers                                                       7.7         7.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers                                       6.1         6.6
Laborers and unskilled workers                                                  32.7        31.9
Special occupations                                                              0.4         0.4

CLASS OF WORKER
Total                                                                          100.0       100.0
Wage and Salary Workers                                                         55.8        52.3   
   Private household                                                             5.9         5.2
   Private establishment                                                        41.3        38.7
   Government/government corporation                                             8.2         8.1
   With pay (family owned business)                                              0.3         0.2
Own Account                                                                     33.6        35.4	  
   Self employed                                                                29.4        31.3
   Employer                                                                      4.2         4.1
Unpaid Family Workers                                                           10.6        12.3

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                                          100.0       100.0  
Working:
Less than 40 hours                                                               34.2       36.3
40 hours and over                                                               64.6        62.0
Did not work                                                                     1.2         1.7
Mean hours worked                                                                42.3       41.3

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2010 are preliminary and may change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:   National Statistics Office, January 2009 and January 2010 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  March 16, 2010