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Manpower Survey Results in August 2014

Contact Information:Manpower Survey Section, Department of Census, Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics (DGBAS)
Tel:886-2-2380-3600

    Total employment in August 2014 was 11,110,000, which increased by 19,000(+0.17%) from the previous month and 110,000(+1.00%) from that of the previous year.

     The unemployment rate rose by 0.06 percentage points to 4.08 percent in August 2014, in contrast, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell by 0.01 percentage points to 3.94 percent. The number of unemployed persons was 473,000 in August 2014, which increased by 9,000(+1.92%) from the previous month but decreased by 24,000(-4.91%) from that of the previous year.

      Labor force participation rate was 58.73 percent in August 2014, which rose by 0.10 percentage points from the previous month and 0.07 percentage points from that of the previous year.

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  • Table 1. Important Indicators Based on Manpower Survey Results (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 2. Important Results of Manpower Survey in Seasonally Adjusted Series (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 3. Labor Force Participation Rate by Educational Attainment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 4. Labor Force Participation Rate by Age (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 5. Employed Persons by Industry (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 6. Employed Persons by Occupation (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 7. Employed Persons by Class of Worker (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 8. Unemployed Persons, by Reason Why in Unemployment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 9. Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table10. Unemployment Rate by age (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table11. Persons Not in the Labor Force by Reason Why Not (EXCEL) (ODS)