South Korea's Wage Workforce Expand in Q3 2025
Wage and salary positions reached nearly 20.93 million between July and September, marking a net gain of 139,000 jobs year-on-year, figures from the Ministry of Data and Statistics showed. The quarterly result sharply outpaced earlier 2025 readings — a modest rise of 15,000 in the first quarter and 111,000 in the second.
Health and social welfare roles led sectoral gains, adding 129,000 positions on an annual basis, while science and technology contributed an additional 31,000. Manufacturing, however, shed 15,000 jobs over the same period.
Construction remained a persistent weak spot, shedding 128,000 positions in the third quarter — extending its uninterrupted decline to eight consecutive quarters stretching back to the final three months of 2023.
Demographic trends painted a mixed picture. Workers aged 60 and above drove the strongest gains, swelling by 223,000 from a year earlier. Those in their 30s and 50s added 85,000 and 18,000 jobs, respectively. In contrast, workers in their 40s contracted by 59,000, while the under-20 cohort posted the steepest proportional decline, falling by 127,000.
The data underscores an aging workforce dynamic increasingly shaping South Korea's labor market trajectory.
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