A labor union survey found that 85.6% of 1,538 Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) employees would consider quitting if South Korea's financial regulator moved outside Seoul, including 92.5% of staff under 40, 90.6% of employees with accounting licenses and 94.2% of lawyers who gave neutral-or-higher responses. The FSS has 2,190 employees, including 770 accountants and lawyers and 1,050 professional staff when actuaries, tax accountants and doctoral degree holders are included. The potential relocation from Yeouido to Sejong City or another provincial area is also prompting concerns about inspection efficiency and costs: about 460 employees conduct on-site reviews, 88.3% of inspection targets and 91.6% of financial-company headquarters are in the capital region, and the FSS plans more than 510 inspections this year, compared with an earlier estimate of 707 inspections requiring 28,229 person-days. Relocation is estimated at about 300 billion won ($216.2 million), with IT infrastructure potentially adding several hundred billion won and annual inspection costs reaching tens of billions of won. Supervisory levies accounted for 73.8% of the FSS budget last year and totaled approximately 353.5 billion won ($254.8 million) this year, potentially shifting costs to financial companies and consumers. Unions at the FSS, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and three state-run banks are organizing protests and possible strikes, while the FSS union says a talent exodus could weaken the financial safety net and consumer protection.