On average, college graduate wage earners receive a monthly salary of KRW 2.26 million. The average monthly salary of female college graduates is 84.0% of that of male college graduates. The average monthly salary of those who graduated from colleges located in Seoul remains the highest.
Based on the results of regression analysis, if other conditions are identical, the wage of those who drink at least 3-4 times a week is higher than that of others by 5.6% on average, while the wage of those who smoke at least 21 cigarettes a day is higher than that of others by 3.5% on average.
The need to realign the labor market centered on relationships into one centered on productivity and to introduce a system to impose a proper level of tax on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes to offset the potential economic gains of their use and thereby contain their consumption has been raised.