# South Korea Korea: Employed Persons / Seasonal Adjustment (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Employed Persons / Seasonal Adjustment (BOK ECOS) was up 0.5% year on year in October 2026, compared with 0.4% in September 2026.
The level stood at 28,934 Thousand Persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.6% (Jan 2021) to 4.5% (Jan 2022), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28B`
- 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-seasonal-adjustment-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 28,934 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| September 2026 | 28,985 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| August 2026 | 28,944 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| July 2026 | 28,862 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| June 2026 | 28,809 Thousand Persons | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 28,743 Thousand Persons | −0.1 |
| April 2026 | 28,838 Thousand Persons | 0.2 |
| March 2026 | 28,955 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| February 2026 | 28,956 Thousand Persons | 0.8 |
| January 2026 | 28,816 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |
| December 2025 | 28,747 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| November 2025 | 28,831 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| October 2025 | 28,798 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| September 2025 | 28,882 Thousand Persons | 1.0 |
| August 2025 | 28,754 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 28,747 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 28,742 Thousand Persons | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 28,777 Thousand Persons | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 28,780 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 28,751 Thousand Persons | 0.6 |
| February 2025 | 28,720 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 28,702 Thousand Persons | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 28,549 Thousand Persons | −0.05 |
| November 2024 | 28,617 Thousand Persons | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.LF.M.NSA.ITEM-I61BA-I28B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```