Ⅰ. Jobs
1. Participation in Economic Activities
1) Economically Active Population by Gender ··················· 3
2) Economic Participation Rate by Age ··························· 4
3) Economic Participation Rate by Educational Attainment ··· 5
2. Employed and Unemployed Population
1) Composition of Employed Persons by Industry ··········· 6
2) Employment Rate by Age ············································· 7
3) Discouraged Workers ···················································· 8
4) Unemployment Rate by Age ········································ 9
5) Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment ·········· 10
3. Economically Active Youth Population
1) Economically Active Youth Population ························ 11
2) Additional Survey on the Economically Active Youth Population···································································· 12
3) Total and Youth Unemployment Rates ······················· 13
4. Wage and Salary
1) Wage by Industry and Gender (of the companies with 5 or more regular employees) ······································ 14
2) Labor Productivity Index ·············································· 16
5. International Comparison of Labor Market
1) Employment Rates ······················································ 17
2) Employment Rate for Ages 15-24 ····························· 18
3) Employment Rates for Ages 25-54 ··························· 19
4) Employment Rates for Ages 55-64 ··························· 20
5) Average Hours Actually Worked by a Worker ··········· 21
Ⅱ. Lifelong Vocational Education
1. Secondary Vocational Education
1) Current Status of Schools, Students, and Teachers of Specialized Vocational Education High Schools ············ 25
2) Regional Distribution of High School Level Vocational Education Institutions(2022) ·········································· 26
3) Status of Middle School Graduates to Higher Learning · 28
4) Meister High School Teaching Staff ··························· 29
5) Industry-Academia-Integrated Apprenticeship Schools: Types of Participating Schools ······································ 30
6) Industry-Academia-Integrated Apprenticeship Schools: Hours to educate and train apprentices ······················ 31
7) Industry-Academia-Integrated Apprenticeship School: Learning Workers Participating in OJT ························· 32
8) Industry-Academia-Integrated Apprenticeship Schools: Employment Rate of Apprentice Graduates ················· 33
9) Industry-Academia-Integrated Apprenticeship School: Companies Participating in OJT ···································· 34
10) High School Dropout Rate by Academic Field ··········· 35
11) Post-graduation Pathways of Vocational High School Graduates ···································································· 36
2. Higher Vocational Education
1) Number of Junior Colleges ········································· 37
2) Number of Students Enrolled in Junior Colleges ········ 38
3) Number of Junior College Enrollees by Discipline ····· 39
4) Junior College Entrants ··············································· 40
5) Comparison of Freshmen Recruitment between Junior Colleges and General Universities ································ 41
6) Educational Conditions of the Institutions Offering ‘Junior College Courses’ ··························································· 42
7) Age Distribution of the Enrolled Students by Institutions Offering ‘Junior College Courses’ ································· 43
8) Age Distribution of Junior College Freshmen ·············· 44
9) Age Distribution of Students Enrolled in Junior Colleges · 45
10) Number of Junior College Faculty Members by Type ·· 46
11) Number of Students Per Full-time Faculty Member at Higher Education Institutions ································· 47
12) Junior College Classes by Number of Attendees ······ 48
13) Lectures Taught by Faculties at Junior Colleges ······· 49
14) Average Junior College Tuition Fees ·························· 50
15) Number of Graduates from General Universities and Junior Colleges ···························································· 51
16) Age Distribution of Junior College Students ·············· 52
17) Employment Status of Graduates from Institutions of Higher Learning ······················································ 53
18) Technical Colleges and Colleges in Companies ········· 54
Ⅲ. Vocational Competency Development
1. Status of Education and Training
1) Proportion of Wage and Salary Workers with VET Experience by Demographics ······································· 57
2) Average Monthly VET Expenditure per Worker by Company Size ······························································· 58
3) Average Annual VET Hours per Person ····················· 59
4) Investment in VET per Person ····································· 60
5) Companies that Has Plans for In-House VET and Develops Own VET Programs ······································ 61
6) VET Methods to which Companies Give their Priorities · 62
7) Numbers of Dedicated HR Organizations and HR Personnel · 63
2. Status of Vocational Competency Development Projects
1) Vocational Competency Development Program Track Records and Budgets by Year ····································· 64
2) Performance of the Incumbent Training for Vocational Competency Development by Year ······························ 66
3) Proportion of Employer-Supported Incumbent Training for Vocational Competency Development by Size ······· 67
4) Proportion of Employer-Supported Incumbent Training for Vocational Competency Development by Size ············· 68
5) Proportion of Employer-Supported Incumbent Training for Vocational Competency Development by Business Type and Size ········································································ 69
6) Participants in Training for the Unemployed by Year ··· 70
7) Participation in Vocational Training for National Key Strategic Industries by Demographics ·························· 71
8) Employment Rate of the Participants in Vocational Training for National Key Strategic Industries by Demographics ·· 72
9) Completion and Employment Rates of Trainees Supported by Tomorrow Learning Card (for the Unemployed) by Demographics ······························································ 73
10) Organizations Participating in Vocational Competency Development Training ················································ 74
Ⅳ. Career Education
1. Career Education Environment
1) Annual Plans and Organizations for Career Education in Schools ·········································································· 77
2) Space for Career Education in Schools ························ 78
3) Placement of Career Education and Guidance Teachers ·· 79
2. Career Education Operation and Participation
1) Career and Jobs Class Management (Middle and High Schools) ······································································· 80
2) Adoption of “Career and Vocation” Optional Course (Middle and High Schools) ············································ 81
3) Hours to Teach “Career and Vocation” Course (Middle and High Schools) ············································ 82
4) Percentage of Schools Conducting Psychological Tests for Career Counseling ··················································· 83
5) Participation in Career Activities by School ················ 84
6) Participation in School Career Experience by Type and Perception of Effectiveness (Middle and High School Students) ······································································· 86
3. Career Design and Career Education Awareness
1) Career Plans of High School Students after Graduation ·· 88
2) Level of Awareness of Career Education in Schools among School Administrators ······································· 89
3) Level of Awareness of Career Education (Guidance)in Schools among Homeroom Teachers (Middle Schools) ··· 90
4) Level of Awareness of Career Education (Guidance) in Schools among Homeroom Teachers (High Schools) ·· 91
4. Career Education Performance
1) Students with Career Aspirations (Goals) ··················· 92
2) Level of Awareness among (Middle and High School) Students about the Tasks in their Desired Occupations ·· 93
3) Career Development Capacity Levels of Elementary School Students ···························································· 94
4) Career Development Capacity Levels of Middle and High School Students I ················································· 95
5) Career Development Capacity Levels of Middle and High School Students II ················································ 96
Ⅴ. Qualifications
1. Status of National Technical Qualifications
1) Qualifications in Korea ·················································· 99
2) National Technical Qualifications: Qualifications by Competent Authority ················································· 100
3) National Technical Qualifications: Qualifications by Job Classification ································································ 101
4) Applicants for National Technical Qualifications ········ 102
5) Holders of National Technical Qualifications ··············· 103
6) Holders of National Technical Qualifications by Gender and Year ······················································· 104
7) National Technical Qualifications Junior College Students Hold by their Academic Field ····································· 105
8) Holders of (Course-Based) National Technical Qualifications ···················································································· 106
2. Development Status of Private Qualifications and National Competency Standards
1) Registered Private Qualifications by Year ··················· 107
2) Accumulated Total of Officially Approved Private Qualifications by Year ················································· 108
3) Types of Private Qualifications Managers ·················· 108
4) Registered Qualifications by Government Agency ······ 109
5) National Competency Standards (NCS) (based on Section) 110
6) Development and Improvement of NCS Learning Modules (based on Section) ······················································ 112