Ministry of Employment and Labor | Statistics

1. Economically Active Population Survey

(in thdousand persons, %)

Economically Active Population Survey
	2009	2010	2011	Dec. 2012	Jan. 2013
Economically active population	24,394	24,748	25,099	25,139(24,880)	24,901(24,585)
Participation rate	60.8	61.0	61.1	60.1(60.3)	59.5(59.5)
No. of employed	23,506	23,829	24,244	24,402(24,125)	24,054(23,732)
Employment Rate¹⁾	58.6	58.7	59.1	58.3(58.5)	57.4(57.4)
- Male	70.1	70.1	70.5	69.8(70.2)	69.1(69.1)
- Female	47.7	47.8	48.1	47.3(47.2)	46.3(46.3)
- Youth²⁾	40.5	40.3	40.5	39.3(40.1)	40.0(40.8)
- Aged³⁾	60.4	60.9	62.1	61.9(61.5)	59.9(59.5)
Employment Rate (OECD standard)⁴⁾	62.9	63.3	63.8	63.7(63.8)	3.4(3.5)
- Male	73.6	73.9	74.5	74.2(74.8)	73.7(73.9)
- Female	52.2	52.6	53.1	53.0(52.8)	52.2(52.1)

Note : 1) Employment rate= (employed persons aged 15 and over/population aged 15 and over)x100
2) Youth : people aged 15~29
3) Aged : people aged 55~64
4) Employment Rate(OECD standard)=(employed people aged 15~64/population aged 15~64)x100
Figures in ( ) are for the same month a year ago.

Source : National Statistical Office (www.nso.go.kr) [Economically Active Population Survey]

2. Wage & Working Hours

(1) Minimum Wage

(per hour, in won, %, thousand persons)

Minimum Wage
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Minimum Wage	3,770	4,000	4,110	4,320	4,580	4,860
Increase Rate (year-on-year)	8.3	6.1	2.75	5.1	6.0	6.1
No. of Workers applied	15,351	15,882	16,103	16,479	17,048	17,510

(2) Survey on Wages

(per month, in thousand won, %)

Survey on Wages
	2008	2009	2010	2011	Dec. 2012
Nominal wage	2,569	2,636 (2.6)	2,816 (6.8)	2,844 (1.0)	2,733 (4.4)
Real wage	2,718	2,714 (-0.1)	2,816 (3.8)	2,734 (-2.9)	2,566 (2.7)
Consumer price index	94.523	97.129 (2.8)	100.0 (3.0)	104.0 (4.0)	106.5 (1.6)

Note : 1) Figures in ( ) are year-on-year increase rates.
2) Real wage = (nominal wage/consumer price index) x 100

(3) Working Hours at Establishments

(in hour, per month, %)

Working Hours at Establishments
		2008	2009	2010	2011	Dec. 2012
All employees		176.7	176.1 (-0.3)	176.7 (0.3)	176.3 (-0.2)	182.3 (-0.4)
Regular employees	Total hours	184.8	184.4 (-0.2)	184.7 (0.2)	182.1 (-1.4)	188.6 (-0.8)
	Contractual hours of work	168.9	169.3 (0.2)	168.3 (-0.6)	168.5 (0.1)	176.3 (-0.1)
	Overtime hours	15.9	15.1 (-5.0)	16.4 (8.6)	13.6 (-17.1)	12.4 (-8.8)
Temporary·daily employees		123.9	119.3 (-3.7)	115.4 (-3.3)	122.5(6.2)	128.2 (3.8)

Note : Figures in ( ) are year-on-year increase rates.

Source : Ministry of the Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr), National Statistical Office(www.nso.go.kr)

3. Labor Dispute

(in case, day)

Labor dispute
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
No. of Disputes	115	108	121	86	65
No. of Illegal Disputes	17	17	11	14	8
No. of Work Days Lost	536,285	809,402	626,921	511,307	429,335

Note : The number of disputes were calculated on the basis of bargaining unit.

Source : Ministry of Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr)

4. Coverage of Employment Insurance

(1) Number of Insured Persons under Employment Insurance

(in each, person)

Number of insured persons under employment insurance
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Jan.2013
No. of covered establishments	1,424,330	1,385,298	1,408,061	1,508,669	1,610,713	1,553,958
No. of Insured Persons	9,271,701	9,653,678	10,131,058	10,675,437	11,152,354	11,063,734

Note : The numbers are year-end/month-end figures.

Source : Ministry of Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr)

(2) Number of Recipients of Unemployment Benefit and Amount Paid

(in thousand persons, in billion won, %)

Unemployment benefit - Number of recipients and amount paid
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Jan.2013
No. of new applicants	839	1,074	979	906	902	137
No. of recipients	990	1,301	1,239	1,202	1,187	373
Amount of benefits paid	2,865	4,116	3,687	3,561	3,677	318

Source : Ministry of Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr)

5. Industrial Accident

(in person, %)

Industrial accident
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	H1 2012
No. of employees (in thousand)	12,529	13,490	13,885	14,199	14,362	15,786
No. of the injured	90,147	95,806	97,821	98,645	93,292	44,726
No. of deaths	2,406	2,422	2,181	2,200	2,114	1,069
Accident rate(%)	0.72	0.71	0.70	0.69	0.65	0.28
No. of deaths per 10,000 people	1.92	1.8	1.57	1.55	1.47	0.58

Source : Ministry of Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr)

Minimum Wage/Hour
4,860 won	2013
Labor Force Participation Rate
59.5%	Jan. 2013
Unemployment Rate (Youth)
3.4%(7.5%)	Jan. 2013
Employment Rate
57.4%	Jan. 2013

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