Gwangju Employment Report Shows 'Improvement'... Due to Increase in Short-Term Jobs

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The employment report card for Gwangju Metropolitan City has improved.

The Honam Regional Statistics Office announced the 'Gwangju-Jeonnam Employment Trends' on the 11th.

The employment rate in the Gwangju area recorded 58.9% as of July, rising by 0.2 percentage points compared to the same month last year.

The number of employed persons increased by 4,000 compared to the same month last year, reaching 754,000. The increase was mainly in construction (9,000 increase), electricity, transportation, communication, and finance industries (4,000), and wholesale, retail, accommodation, and food service industries (4,000).

Among non-wage workers classified as employed, unpaid family workers increased by 3,000, showing a 9.3% growth rate, while self-employed workers decreased by 1,000, a 1% decline.

Among wage workers, with the recruitment in the construction industry wide open, daily workers surged by 13,000 (50.6%), whereas regular workers employed for more than one year decreased by 10,000 (-2.4%).

The number of employed persons working less than 36 hours per week increased by 23,000 (15.9%), and those working more than that increased by 16,000 (2.9%).

In other words, quality jobs in the labor market have rather decreased, while insecure jobs have significantly increased.

The unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 3.4%, and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 2,000 to 27,000.

The employment rate in the Jeonnam area rose by 0.6 percentage points to 65.1% compared to the same month last year, and the unemployment rate dropped by 0.8 percentage points to 1.8%.

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