Table of Contents

1. Wage Trends in August 2022-September 2022 based on the Worknet Recruitment DB

2. Cases of Wage System Reform

Summary

■ In September 2022, the number of new job openings was 294,000, the number of new job searches was 351,000. 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 98.2%.

■ The overall wage satisfaction rate increased by 0.9%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 108.3% but was lowest at 49.3% 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 113.3%, followed by ‘food processing/production job’, ‘construction/mining, R&D, and engineering jobs’, ‘electric/electronic installation/maintenance/production jobs’, and ‘simple manufacturing 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 75.7%, followed by 'metal/material installation/maintenance/production jobs', ‘construction/mining jobs’, ‘agriculture, forestry and fishery jobs’, and ‘chemical/environmental installation/maintenance/production jobs’.