These data are produced by the Survey on Labor Conditions by Type of Employment, an enterprise survey conducted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). The industry classification is KSIC 9, the localization of UN ISIC Rev. 4. The figures are Korean won (KRW) not seasonally adjusted (NSA). The series start at 1993Q1.
The series reside in the historical catalog (South Korea » Labor and Wages » Wage by industry » Average wage per employee by industry » From 1993, KSIC 9) and include, for example:
- LWLWGSTUQ.IKOR = Average wage per employee - All industries, (KRW, NSA)
- LWLWGSMFUQ.IKOR = Manufacturing
- LWLWGSWRUQ.IKOR = Wholesale and retail trade
Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.
About our extract:
- Although produced by MOEL, we obtain these series from the Bank of Korea's ECOS portal, from table 15.6.6 "Days Worked, Hours Worked, Wages by Industry (more than 5 Employees)."
- Data Buffet does not carry the full corpus of 17 reported industries.
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