Ministry of Employment and Labor

Statistics

(in thousand persons, %)

Economically active population Survey
This table includes Economically active population(2020~2024), Participation rate(2020~2024), No. of employed(2020~2024), Employment Rate(2020~2024), Male(2020~2024), Female(2020~2024), Youth(2020~2024), Aged(2020~2024)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Economically active population	28,012	28,310	28,922	29,203	29,399
Participation rate	62.5	62.8	63.9	64.3	64.5
No. of employed	26,904	27,273	28,089	28,416	28,576
Employment Rate¹⁾	60.1	60.5	62.1	62.6	62.7
- Male	69.8	70	71.5	71.3	70.9
- Female	50.7	51.2	52.9	54.1	54.7
- Youth²⁾	42.2	44.2	46.6	46.5	46.1
- Aged³⁾	66.6	66.3	68.8	69.9	69.9

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

Source : Statistics Korea(www.kosis.kr) [Economically Active Population Survey]

(1) Minimum Wage

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

Minimum Wage
This table includes Minimum Wage(2020~2024), Increase Rate (year-on-year)(2020~2024), No. of Workers applied(2020~2024)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Minimum Wage	8,590	8,720	9,160	9,620	9,860
Increase Rate (year-on-year)	2.87	1.5	5.05	5.0	2.5
No. of Workers applied	20,045	20,559	20,446	20,992	21,724

Source : Minimum Wage Commission(minimumwage.go.kr)

(2) Survey on Wages

(per month, in thousand won, %)

Minimum Wage
This table includes Nominal wage(2020~2024), Real wage(2020~2024), Consumer price index(2020~2024)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Nominal wage	3,527 (1.1)	3,689 (4.6)	3,869 (4.9)	3,966 (2.5)	4,079 (2.9)
Real wage	3,527 (0.5)	3,599 (2.0)	3,592 (-0.2)	3,554 (-1.1)	3,573 (0.5)
Consumer price index	100 (0.5)	102.5 (2.5)	107.72 (5.1)	111.59 (3.6)	114.18 (2.3)

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

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

(3) Working Hours at Establishments

(per month, in hour, %)

Working Hours at Establishments
This table includes All employees(2020~2024), Regular employees[Total hours, Contractual hours of work, Overtime hours](2020~2024), Temporary&daily employees(2020~2024)
		2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
All employees		160.6 (-1.5)	160.7 (0.1)	158.7 (-1.2)	156.2 (-1.6)	154.9 (-0.8)
Regular employees	Total hours	166.9 (-2.0)	167.0 (0.1)	165.1 (-1.1)	163.6 (-0.9)	162.7 (-0.6)
	Contractual hours of work	158.6 (-1.7)	158.7 (0.1)	156.8 (-1.2)	155.6 (-0.8)	154.6 (-0.6)
	Overtime hours	8.3 (-8.8)	8.3 (0.0)	8.3 (0.0)	8.0 (-3.6)	8.1 (1.3)
Temporary&daily employees		97.6 (1.7)	99.0 (1.4)	98.1 (-0.9)	90.0 (-8.3)	86.0 (-4.4)

1) Figures in ( ) are year-on-year increase rates.

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

(in case, day)

Labor Dispute
This table includes No. of Disputes(2019~2023), No. of Work Days Lost(2019~2023)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Disputes	141	105	119	132	223
No. of Work Days Lost	401,845	554,009	571,754	343,800	355,222

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

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

□ Number of Insured Persons under Employment Insurance

(in each, thousand persons)

Number of Insured Persons under Employment Insurance
This table includes No. of covered establishments(2019~2023), No. of InsuredPersons(2019~2023)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of covered establishments	2,360	2,396	2,512	2,616	2,580
No. of InsuredPersons	13,864	14,112	14,550	14,899	15,200

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

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

(in person, %)

Industrial Accident
This table includes No. of employees (in thousand)(2019~2023), No. of the injured(2019~2023), No. of deaths, Accident rate(%)(2019~2023), No. of deaths per 10,000 people(2019~2023)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of employees (in thousand)	18,725	18,974	19,379	20,174	20,637
No. of the injured	109,242	108,379	122,713	130,348	136,796
No. of deaths	2,020	2,062	2,080	2,223	2,016
Accident rate(%)	0.58	0.57	0.63	0.65	0.66
No. of deaths per 10,000 people	1.08	1.09	1.07	1.1	0.98

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