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Manpower Survey Results in December 2022

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

     Total employment in December 2022 was 11,451,000, which increased by 21,000(+0.19%) form the previous month’s level; however, it decreased by 29,000(-0.26%) from that of the previous year.

      The unemployment rate declined by 0.09 percentage points to 3.52 percent in December 2022; moreover, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also declined by 0.03 percentage points to 3.61 percent. The number of unemployed persons was 418,000 in December 2022, a decrease of 10,000(-2.34%) and 15,000(-3.46%) from the previous month and that of the previous year, respectively.

     Labor force participation rate declined by 0.03 percentage points to 59.17 percent in December 2022; in contrast, it rose by 0.01 percentage points from that of the previous year.

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Link to statistical tables

  • 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 Labor Force by Reason For Not in Labor Force(EXCEL) (ODS)