South Korea: employment rate of engineering graduates by field 2017

The rate of employment of engineering graduates from higher education institutions in South Korea in 2017 was around 70 percent overall. Students of architecture and miscellaneous engineering fields had the highest employment rates of around 73 percent. On the other hand, students of civil engineering and city engineering had the lowest rate of around 68 percent.

Employment rate of engineering graduates in South Korea in 2017, by field

Characteristic	Employment rate
Other	72.8%
Architecture	72.8%
Precision & energy	71.3%
Mechanical & metal	71%
Industrial	70.7%
Materials	70.1%
Chemical	69.5%
Transportation & logistics	69.5%
Electrical & electronics	69.3%
Computer & communications	68.9%
Civil & city	67.6%
Total	70.1%

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Release date

December 2018

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

An employee was counted in the employment rate when s/he was registered to a health insurance by his or her employer.

Date given here is the date of data access.

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