The proportion of professional workers in Korea is 27.9%, the lowest among 21 OECD countries and 11.1% p lower than OECD average (39.0%).
The skill-utilization-at-work index in Korea is -0.42, the lowest among the 21 OECD countries. In the case of low skilled workers, skill-utilization-at-work ranks the lowest and in the case of highly skilled workers, utilization is the lowest second to Japan.
In terms of work experience, Korea shows the shortest among the 21 OECD countries with 13.2 years, with highly skilled workers having less than 10 years of experience.
The proportion of workers who are satisfied with their jobs is 55.9% in Korea, which is 23.6% p lower than the OECD average of 79.5%, ranking the lowest among 21 OECD countries.
The higher the companies’ skills demand, the higher the employment rate of highly skilled individuals. The drop in the highly-skilled employment rate in Korea is most likely caused by the low skill demand of the companies.