As the society changed its industrial structure due to deindustrialization, the number of middle-skilled jobs decreased and high-skilled jobs increased.

As the importance of social services is growing in the labor market, the importance of quality job expansion policies increases, but there is a lack of specific empirical data to meet the policy needs.

In this study Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data were used to analyze labor markets in developed countries that experienced social care. The analysis shows the current status of the Korean social service labor market. The factors that determine the earned income of the social service industry depended on the welfare state regime, and in countries belonging to the same regime, the differences between countries are more apparent.

Through the results of this study, we suggested that social service jobs can be developed into skilled jobs by improving skills of social service workers through education and training.