Employment in September increased by 144,000 people, marking a growth trend of 100,000 people for three consecutive months.

Statistics Korea announced ‘Employment Trends in September 2024’,

[Seoul=Newsis] Reporter Kim Sun-woong = At the 2024 Hope, Happiness, and Future Job Fair hosted by Yeongdeungpo-gu, Hana Association’s Middle-aged and Tomorrow Center, Seoul Southern Employment Labor, and Yeongdeungpo Women’s Workforce Development Center at FKI Tower in Yeouido, Seoul on the 15th, job seekers are filling out job application forms. 2024.10.15. [email protected],
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, ‘[Sejong=Newsis] Reporters Im So-hyun and Im Ha-eun = The number of employed persons increased by 144,000 last month compared to a year ago. After recovering the increase in the 100,000 range in just three months in July, it has exceeded 100,000 for three consecutive months.’,
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, “According to the ‘Employment Trends in September 2024’ announced by Statistics Korea on the 16th, the number of employed persons last month was 28.842 million, an increase of 144,000 compared to a year ago.”,
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, ‘The number of employed persons increased from August last year (268,000) to September (309,000), October (346,000), then decreased in November (277,000).’,
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, ‘After a one-month rebound in December last year (285,000), it continued to increase in the 300,000 range in January and February this year, reaching the lowest increase in 37 months in March (173,000). It increased in April (261,000) but declined again, reaching an increase of 80,000 in May and staying below 100,000 in June with an increase of 96,000.’,
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, ‘In July, recording an increase of 172,000, it recovered the 100,000 range in three months, followed by an increase in August (123,000), recording three consecutive months of an increase in the 100,000 range. Employment has been increasing for 43 months since March 2021.’,
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, ‘The overall employment rate, the proportion of employed persons in the population aged 15 and over, was 63.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous year. The employment rate for the age group 15-64, a comparison standard for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), was 69.9%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous year.’,

[Sejong=Newsis] Statistics Korea Employment Trends in September 2024. *Prohibition of reproduction and DB,
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