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(in thousand persons, %)

Economically Active Population Survey
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Economically active population	26,836	27,153	27,418	27,748	27,895
Participation rate	62.7	62.8	62.9	63.2	63.1
No. of employed	25,897	26,178	26,409	26,725	26,822
Employment Rate¹⁾	60.5	60.5	60.6	60.8	60.7
- Male	71.7	71.4	71.2	71.2	70.8
- Female	49.7	50.1	50.3	50.8	50.9
- Youth²⁾	40.5	41.2	41.7	42.1	42.7
- Aged³⁾	65.8	66.0	66.2	67.5	66.8
Employment Rate (OECD standard)⁴⁾	65.6	65.9	66.1	66.6	-
- Male	76.0	75.9	75.9	76.3	-
- Female	55.0	55.7	56.1	56.9	-

※ Statistics Korea published a revised time series data of employment statistics(2007~December 2017). Accordingly, all values of employment index in the Economically Active Population Survey have been revised since July 2007.

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

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

(1) Minimum Wage

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

Minimum Wage
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Minimum Wage	5,210	5,580	6,030	6,470	7,530	8,350
Increase Rate (year-on-year)	7.2	7.1	8.1	7.3	16.4	10.9
No. of Workers applied	17,734	18,240	18,776	19,312	19,627	20,006

(2) Survey on Wages

(per month, in thousand won, %)

Survey on Wages
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Nominal wage	2,904 (2.4)	2,991 (3.0)	3,106 (3.8)	3,207 (3.3)	3,376 (5.3)
Real wage	2,925 (1.1)	2,991 (2.3)	3,076 (2.8)	3,116 (1.3)	3,232 (3.7)
Consumer price index	99.30(1.3)	100(0.7)	100.97(1.0)	102.93(1.9)	104.45(1.5)

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
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
All employees		170.6 (-1.2)	171.5 (0.5)	169.4 (-1.2)	166.3 (-1.8)	163.9 (-1.4)
Regular employees	Total hours	177.4 (-0.9)	178.7 (0.7)	177.1 (-0.9)	173.3 (-2.1)	171.2 (-1.2)
	Contractual hours of work	166.4 (-1.2)	167.9 (0.9)	166.4 (-0.9)	163.2 (-1.9)	161.6 (-1.0)
	Overtime hours	11.0 (4.8)	10.8 (-1.8)	10.7 (-0.9)	10.1 (-5.6)	9.5 (-5.9)
Temporary&daily employees		117.6 (-4.7)	113.7 (-3.3)	107.2 (-5.7)	104.7 (-2.3)	98.6 (-5.8)

Note :Figures in ( ) are year-on-year increase rates.
Source : Ministry of the Employment and Labor(laborstat.moel.go.kr)

(in case, day)

Labor Dispute
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
No. of Disputes	111	105	120	101	101
No. of Illegal Disputes	7	4	5	3	3
No. of Work Days Lost	650,924	446,852	2,034,751	861,783	861,783

Note :The number of disputes were calculated on the basis of bargaining unit.
Source : Ministry of Employment and Labor(www.moel.go.kr)

(1) Number of Insured Persons under Employment Insurance

(in each, thousand persons)

Number of Insured Persons under Employment Insurance
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
No. of covered establishments	1,935	2,107	2,175	2,211	2,308
No. of InsuredPersons	11,931	12,363	12,655	12,959	13,432

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, %)

Number of Recipients of Unemployment Benefit and Amount Paid
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
No. of new applicants	974	955	958	944	1,067
No. of recipients	1,251	1,271	1,278	1,272	1,391
Amount of benefits paid	4,153	4,544	4,890	5,239	6,684

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

(in person, %)

Industrial Accident
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
No. of employees (in thousand)	15,449	17,062	17,969	18,432	18,560
No. of the injured	91,824	90,909	90,129	90,656	89,848
No. of deaths	1,929	1,850	1,810	1,777	1,957
Accident rate(%)	0.59	0.53	0.50	0.49	0.48
No. of deaths per 10,000 people	1.25	1.08	1.01	0.96	1.05

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