South Korea - Total Employment

South Korea: Total Employment

Mnemonic	ETOT.IKOR
Unit	#
	Annual	2.2 %
Data	2019	22,723,272
	2018	22,234,776

Series Information

Source	The Bank of Korea
Release	Census on Establishments
Frequency	Annual
Start Date	12/31/2006
End Date	12/31/2019

South Korea: Labor

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Labor Force	May 2026	29,575	29,653	Ths. #, SA	Monthly
Labor Force Employment	May 2026	28,743	28,837	Ths. #, SA	Monthly
Unemployment	May 2026	832.6	815.7	Ths. #, SA	Monthly
Unemployment Rate	May 2026	2.8	2.8	%, SA	Monthly
Wage & Salaries	2025	1,269,842	1,223,318	Bil. KRW	Annual
Total Employment	2019	22,723,272	22,234,776	#	Annual
Agriculture Employment	2017	1,363,560	1,359,356	#	Annual
Real Wages & Salaries	2017	766,202	734,010	Bil. KRW	Annual

Release Information

Description

Collected by the Korean Central Bank (Bank of Korea - BOK), detailled employees statistics are available for the number of establishment and number of workers by Industry. Over 90 industries are sub-industries are reported following the KSIC (Korean Standard Industry Classification).

The following sectors (along with many sub-indices) are available:

All industries
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Mining and quarrying
- Manufacturing
- Electricity, gas, steam and water supply
- Sewerage, waste management, materials recovery and remediation activities
- Construction
- Wholesale and retail trade
- Transportation
- Accommodation and food service activities
- Information and communications
- Financial and insurance activities
- Real estate activities and renting and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical activities
- Business facilities management and business support services
- Public administration and denfence ; compulsory social security
- Education
- Human health and social work activities
- Arts, sports and recreation related services
- Membership organizations, repair and other personal services