Signal Replacement demand dominates Korean clerical hiring while care jobs rely on growth demand to 2033

Summary

KEIS decomposes job openings to 2033 into growth demand, meaning net employment gains, and replacement demand for workers who leave. Replacement demand is largest for business-related clerks at about 385,000, followed by cooks at about 112,000 and cleaners and sanitation workers at about 105,000. Care and health service workers generate the most total openings, about 473,000, of which about 385,000 is growth demand and only about 88,000 replacement. Business-related clerks reach about 424,000 openings almost entirely through replacement, since their growth demand is only about 39,000. The pattern shows that clerical occupations such as administrative, accounting and customer service clerks will keep hiring to fill vacancies even with little net growth.