As the job market shock from the spread of Corona 19 continued, the number of employed fell by more than 270,000 in August.
This does not reflect the impact of Corona 19 re-proliferation.
According to the'August Employment Trends' released by the National Statistical Office today (9th), the number of employed people last month was 2,7085,000, down 274,000 from a year ago.
Last March (-195,000 people), April (-476,000 people), May (-392,000 people), June (-352,000 people), July (-27) 17,000 people), followed by a decline for six consecutive months.
This is the longest decline in 11 years since the decline for 8 consecutive months in January-August 2009, just after the global financial crisis.
However, the decline has been decreasing for the fourth month after peaking in April.
"The employment trend in August was similar to that of July, and the prolonged corona 19 and the long rainy season had an effect," said Jung Dong-wook, head of the employment statistics section. , The statistical survey period was 9 to 15 days, so the impact was not reflected."
The employment rate over the age of 15 was 60.4%, down 1.0 percentage point from the same month last year.
As of August, it is the lowest in 7 years since 2013 (60.2%).
The employment rate for those aged 15 to 64, which is the comparison standard of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was 65.9%, down 1.1 percentage points from the previous year.
It is also the lowest in 7 years since 2013 (64.8%) as of August.
The economically active population was 2,7949,000, down 267,000 from the same month last year.
The number of inactive economically active populations was 16,864,000, an increase of 534,000 from the same month last year.
The number of unemployed people increased by 6,000 to 864,000.
The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 3.1%, the highest since August 2018 (4.0%).