Labor productivity is also quite low: For most economies in the region, service-sector productivity is less than 20% of the OECD average. Even in South Korea, labor productivity in industry is 118% of the OECD figure, but only 43% of the average for services.
虽然传统服务业能提供就业机会，但却带不来更多收入。劳动生产率也偏低：就该地区大多数经济体而言，服务业的劳动生产率还不及经合组织平均水平的20%。就连工业劳动生产率达到经合组织平均水平118%的韩国，其服务业的劳动生产率却只有经合组织平均水平的43%。