Contact Information：Manpower Survey Section, Department of Census, Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics (DGBAS)
Tel：886-2-2380-3600
Total employment in September 2016 was 11,276,000, which decreased by 14,000(-0.12%) from the previous month, in contrast, it increased by 63,000 (+0.56%) from that of the previous year.
The unemployment rate dropped by 0.09 percentage points to 3.99 percent in September 2016, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also decreased by 0.02 percentage points to 3.93 percent. The number of unemployed persons was 469,000 in September 2016, which decreased by 11,000(-2.34%) but increased by 15,000(+3.30%) from the previous month and that of the previous year, respectively.
Labor force participation rate was 58.79 percent in September 2016, which decreased by 0.14 percentage points but increased by 0.07 percentage points from the previous month and that of the previous year, respectively.
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 the Labor Force by Reason Why Not (EXCEL) (ODS)