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Labour market

South Korea · South Korea employment: change over a year

Change in the number of persons in employment compared with the same month a year earlier, from Statistics Korea's monthly Economically Active Population Survey. It is the headline of every Korean monthly jobs release, carried by the whole press. Not seasonally adjusted: the comparison over a year cancels the seasons.· Persons in employment, change vs the same month a year earlier, not seas. adj.· Annual figure = average of the monthly changes
139K
Oct 2026
min −982K Jan 2021max +1.1M Jan 2022
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Source: Statistics Korea, Statistics Korea · Economically Active Population Survey
Updated Nov 13, 2026
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