# South Korea Korea: Employed Persons / Original Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Employed Persons / Original Index (BOK ECOS) was up 0.5% year on year in October 2026, compared with 0.4% in September 2026.
The level stood at 29,179 Thousand Persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (Jan 2021) to 4.4% (Jan 2022), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Thousand Persons
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (130 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-employed-persons-original-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 29,179 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| September 2026 | 29,266 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| August 2026 | 29,151 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| July 2026 | 29,136 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| June 2026 | 29,154 Thousand Persons | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 29,120 Thousand Persons | −0.1 |
| April 2026 | 28,961 Thousand Persons | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 28,795 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| February 2026 | 28,413 Thousand Persons | 0.8 |
| January 2026 | 27,986 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| December 2025 | 28,209 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| November 2025 | 29,046 Thousand Persons | 0.8 |
| October 2025 | 29,040 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| September 2025 | 29,154 Thousand Persons | 1.1 |
| August 2025 | 28,967 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 29,029 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 29,091 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 29,160 Thousand Persons | 0.8 |
| April 2025 | 28,887 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 28,589 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 28,179 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 27,878 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 28,041 Thousand Persons | −0.2 |
| November 2024 | 28,821 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```