Table of Contents

1. Wage Trends in June 2022-July 2022 based on the Worknet Recruitment DB

2. Job-based Wage System in Public Sectors

Summary

■ In July 2022, the number of new job openings was 281,000, the number of new job searches was 381,000. The average offered wage was 2.17 million won and the average desired wage was 2.21 million won; the overall wage satisfaction rate was 97.7%.

■ The overall wage satisfaction rate increased by 1.4%p, compared to the same month of the previous year.

■ By employment type, the wage satisfaction rate in ‘non-fixed term employment contract’ was highest at 107.9% but was lowest at 48.6% in the form of ‘non-fixed term employment contract (part-time).

■ Looking at the top five occupations with the highest wage satisfaction rate, ‘security service jobs’ has the highest rate of 114.8%, followed by ‘food processing/production job’, ‘simple manufacturing job’, ‘engineering technician job’, and ‘food service job’.

■ On the other hand, looking at the lower five occupation with the lowest wage satisfaction rate, ‘care service jobs (nursing/childcare)’ has the lowest at 77.9%, followed by ‘education jobs’, ‘construction/mining jobs’, 'metal/material installation/maintenance/production jobs', and ‘agriculture, forestry and fishery jobs’.