26.3% of students in universities and 33.2% of students in junior colleges were in employment in 2012; the respective rates for the year 2000 were 23.1% and 29.1%, both edging up to the 2012 levels.
There has been an overall decline in the average weekly working hours over the past 10 years.
The industries with a high proportion of student employment were the accommodation and food industry, and the wholesale and retail industry, while the occupations with a high proportion of student employment included services, sales, and simple labor.
Over the past 10 years, the hourly wage of college students has remained less than 50% of the hourly wage earned by those in their 30s.