Samsung Electronics Sees Drop in Employee Turnover Rate to 8.6%

Samsung Electronics reported a decrease in its overall employee turnover rate to 8.6% last year, down from 10.1% the previous year. This decline is attributed to a reduction in the number of employees leaving overseas positions.

In its 2026 Sustainability Management Report released on June 26, Samsung stated that the turnover rate has continued to decline, following rates of 10.6% in 2023 and 10.1% in 2024. Last year, the turnover rate for male employees was 5.5%, while for female employees it was 3.1%.

The overall decrease in turnover is largely due to a drop in the turnover rate among overseas employees, which fell from 17.0% in 2024 to 14.2% last year. Conversely, the domestic turnover rate saw a slight increase from 2.1% to 2.5% during the same period. Among domestic employees, the turnover rate was highest at 1.2% for those aged 30 to 50, while it was 0.6% for those under 30 and 0.8% for those over 51.

Last year, the total number of domestic and overseas employees was 259,149, a decrease from 262,647 the previous year. Of these, 134,585 were overseas employees and 124,564 were based in South Korea. By age group, the largest segment was those aged 30 to 50, totaling 185,507, followed by 53,315 under 30 and 20,327 over 51. In terms of job roles, the largest group was manufacturing personnel at 102,512, followed by development staff at 89,150.

In contrast, SK Hynix reported a voluntary turnover rate of 0.5% for its domestic operations in its sustainability report released on June 25. Including an involuntary turnover rate of 0.4%, the total turnover rate was 0.9%. This is approximately 2.8 times lower than Samsung Electronics' domestic turnover rate of 2.5% last year.