What is my hourly wage?
₩19,495 net per paid hour
Example: ₩4,000,000 gross a month, 40 hours a week. For each hour actually worked: ₩22,038.
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Questions about pay and money in South Korea
Quick answers with the 2026 rules. Each one opens a page with the calculator already set up for it and a short article; change the inputs there for your own answer.
How much is left of my salary?
Gross a year → net a month. Single, aged 35, no children, 12 salaries a year, 2026 rules.
- ₩22,500,000₩1,667,582 a month
- ₩25,000,000₩1,851,013 a month
- ₩30,000,000₩2,211,063 a month
- ₩35,000,000₩2,545,625 a month
- ₩40,000,000₩2,866,379 a month
- ₩45,000,000₩3,188,599 a month
- ₩50,000,000₩3,506,145 a month
- ₩55,000,000₩3,823,691 a month
- ₩60,000,000₩4,141,237 a month
- ₩65,000,000₩4,458,783 a month
- ₩70,000,000₩4,776,328 a month
- ₩75,000,000₩5,056,834 a month
- ₩80,000,000₩5,345,726 a month
- ₩85,000,000₩5,642,660 a month
- ₩90,000,000₩5,939,593 a month
- ₩95,000,000₩6,236,526 a month
- ₩100,000,000₩6,533,460 a month
- ₩110,000,000₩7,120,726 a month
- ₩125,000,000₩7,869,793 a month
- ₩150,000,000₩9,103,440 a month
What is the minimum wage after tax?
₩1,915,768 net a month
₩10,320 an hour: ₩2,156,880 gross a month.
What do I take home part-time?
₩2,609,775 net a month
Example: ₩4,000,000 gross full-time. You keep 77.2% of the full-time net pay for 75% of the hours.
How much unemployment benefit would I get?
Job-seeking benefit: ₩68,100 a day for 210 days (60% of your average daily wage, between 66,048 and 68,100 won), if you were insured for at least 180 days in the last 18 months and lost your job involuntarily
Example: ₩4,000,000 gross a month, age 35, single. Total ₩14,301,000.
How much notice must my employer give?
30 days (or 30 days’ wages instead)
The same whatever the length of service.
When can I retire?
At 65, or from 60 with a cut
Born in 1991: earliest pension at 60 with a 30.0% cut; full pension at 65.
What is my money worth after inflation?
₩1,000,000 from 2016 = ₩1,241,000 today
Prices rose 24.1% since 2016, by the official consumer price index. Any year since 2006.