In 2018, Public Jobs Increased by 20,000 in One Year... Most Growth Among Those Aged 50 and 60+

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Public sector jobs increased by 20,000 compared to the previous year in 2018. In particular, due to the government's senior job program, public sector jobs for those aged 60 and over increased by 9.1% compared to the previous year. On the other hand, public sector jobs for people in their 30s and 40s decreased during the same period.

According to the "2018 Public Sector Job Statistics" released by Statistics Korea on the 6th, public sector jobs in 2018 totaled 2,451,000, an increase of 20,000 (0.8%) from the previous year. The proportion of public sector jobs in total employment was 9.1%, up 0.04 percentage points from 9.0% the previous year.

Among all public sector jobs, general government jobs numbered 2,097,000, an increase of 13,000 (0.6%) from the previous year, while public enterprise jobs were 354,000, up 7,000 (2.1%) during the same period.

By age group, public sector jobs increased by 22,000 in the 50s and 13,000 in the 60 and over age group. Jobs also increased by 11,000 for those aged 29 and under. Conversely, jobs decreased by 14,000 in the 30s and 12,000 in the 40s. Especially due to the government's senior job program, public sector jobs for those aged 60 and over increased by 9.1% compared to the previous year.

By industry classification, public administration, defense, and social security administration accounted for the largest share with 1,173,000 jobs (47.9%), followed by educational services (28.3%), health and social welfare services (3.4%), and professional, scientific, and technical services (3.2%).

In government agencies, civil servant jobs accounted for 1,318,000 (69.6%), while non-civil servant jobs accounted for 576,000 (30.4%).

Compared to the previous year, civil servant jobs in government agencies increased by 25,000, whereas non-civil servant jobs decreased by 20,000.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.