Salaries in South Korea
₩3,477,400a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- ₩41,728,200
- Equals
- $2,693
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO₩144,794,300
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₩141,894,800
- Senior government officials₩140,671,500
- IT project manager₩139,478,400
- Finance manager₩136,602,000
- Insurance agent₩135,479,700
- Operations manager₩134,991,300
- Social media manager₩134,470,200
- Head of marketing₩133,584,100
- Product manager₩132,746,900
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker₩16,467,500
- Shelf stacker₩21,229,100
- Kitchen assistant₩21,247,800
- Cleaner₩21,293,100
- Housekeeper₩21,569,000
- Garment presser₩21,992,900
- Fiacre driver₩22,202,400
- Picker and packer₩22,400,600
- Car cleaner₩22,837,500
- Food service worker₩22,966,600
By major occupation group
| Managers | ₩10,116,700 a month |
| Professionals | ₩3,943,200 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ₩3,872,600 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ₩3,224,100 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ₩3,152,700 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ₩2,374,100 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ₩2,369,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ₩2,030,700 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant₩45,022,700
- Accounts assistant₩47,373,500
- Actor₩31,517,100
- Actuary₩48,961,800
- Aid worker₩34,418,500
- Aircraft technician₩45,694,500
- Animal carer₩25,989,800
- Announcer₩41,411,400
- Anthropologist₩41,157,200
- Apiarists and sericulturists₩31,203,200
- Aquaculture support worker₩31,203,200
- Architect₩43,707,300
- Art director₩44,499,600
- Artist₩41,347,400
- Astrologer₩28,889,700
- Astrophysicist₩54,004,700
- Audit clerk₩51,014,200
- Auto mechanic₩35,861,000
- Avionics mechanic₩42,792,200
- Ballet dancer₩36,938,300
- Bartender₩24,818,700
- Basketmaker₩30,666,400
- Beautician₩24,473,100
- Bicycle mechanic₩34,760,600
- Bike assembler₩33,437,900
- Bindery worker₩30,126,900
- Blacksmith₩36,340,800
- Blaster₩43,127,300
- Boiler operator₩50,089,500
- Bricklayer₩38,776,500
- Broadcast engineer₩52,178,600
- Builder₩39,210,300
- Bus driver₩39,124,000
- Butcher₩31,401,400
- Cabinetmaker₩33,900,800
- Call centre agent₩29,191,500
- Candle factory worker₩34,408,100
- Car assembler₩38,189,500
- Car cleaner₩22,837,500
- Car electrician₩43,271,900
- Car painter₩35,932,500
- Career coach₩42,159,300
- Caretaker₩29,442,800
- Carpenter₩37,244,100
- Carpet worker₩31,191,400
- Cashier₩23,239,400
- CEO₩144,794,300
- Cheese maker₩40,088,000
- Chemical engineer₩50,305,000
- Chemical products plant and machine operators₩43,281,900
- Chemist₩45,430,700
- Childcare centre manager₩88,512,500
- Civil engineer₩48,851,000
- Civils worker₩30,830,400
- Cleaner₩21,293,100
- Cleaners₩24,852,000
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified₩44,580,300
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified₩42,878,800
- Cnc operator₩38,381,300
- Coffee taster₩34,218,400
- Companion₩27,588,100
- Concrete finisher₩39,623,000
- Construction manager₩106,676,400
- Construction worker₩26,836,800
- Cook₩26,128,400
- Corporate trainer₩42,611,000
- Correctional officer₩36,445,100
- Corrugator operator₩38,098,000
- Courier₩24,176,200
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified₩30,419,900
- Crane operators₩45,681,600
- Crop producer₩28,628,300
- Crop team leader₩28,701,300
- Croupier₩40,373,800
- Cure operator₩36,780,700
- Customer service clerk₩43,085,800
- Dance teacher₩23,525,500
- Data administrator₩48,175,100
- Data entry clerk₩42,092,200
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified₩49,987,800
- Day care worker₩26,640,500
- Debt collector₩49,869,500
- Deep-sea fisherman₩29,582,500
- Dentist₩53,249,100
- Dietitian₩39,442,400
- Doctor₩63,682,600
- Door to door seller₩28,559,600
- Driving instructor₩33,594,900
- Earthmoving and related plant operators₩42,679,000
- Economist₩51,061,400
- Education officer₩42,301,700
- Electric powerline worker₩47,939,600
- Electrical assembler₩33,862,000
- Electrical engineer₩53,339,400
- Electrician₩40,714,100
- Electronic engineer₩51,708,800
- Elementary school teacher₩42,491,400
- Embalmer₩30,541,600
- Embroiderer₩31,302,900
- Energy manager₩125,027,100
- Environment engineer₩46,688,700
- Environmental protection professionals₩42,712,400
- Esol teacher₩36,379,500
- Fabric cutter₩29,323,100
- Fabric dyer₩34,183,100
- Façade cleaner₩29,116,700
- Facility manager₩124,877,100
- Factory labourer₩25,460,400
- Farm equipment operator₩37,551,900
- Farm hand₩24,552,000
- Farm hands₩23,214,300
- Fast food worker₩16,467,500
- Fiacre driver₩22,202,400
- File clerk₩47,131,300
- Fill operator₩31,138,500
- Finance manager₩136,602,000
- Financial analyst₩49,329,200
- Financier₩49,416,800
- Fire alarm technician₩41,531,900
- Firefighter₩40,286,600
- Fisheries boatman₩29,582,500
- Fishery production manager₩92,356,500
- Fitness club manager₩93,499,200
- Flight attendant₩31,351,000
- Food and related products machine operators₩34,677,600
- Food service worker₩22,966,600
- Food stall holder₩25,654,400
- Forest ranger₩29,887,600
- Forest worker₩26,298,800
- Forester₩100,454,200
- Forestry advisor₩45,026,200
- Forklift operator₩35,876,900
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers₩32,612,000
- Fur animal rearer₩31,716,100
- Garage manager₩107,369,900
- Gardener₩24,515,800
- Garment presser₩21,992,900
- Gas station salesperson₩23,169,100
- General manager₩117,412,400
- Geologist₩50,367,400
- Glassblower₩32,519,400
- Glassmaker₩38,026,200
- Glazier₩36,125,400
- Gluing operator₩31,620,300
- Grader₩35,350,000
- Grinder₩35,314,900
- Guide₩27,597,700
- Gym worker₩23,432,900
- Hairdresser₩24,436,300
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers₩23,841,600
- Head of marketing₩133,584,100
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified₩39,157,900
- Heat treat operator₩38,698,500
- Hide machine operator₩34,402,800
- High school teacher₩45,125,800
- Historian₩43,048,900
- Horticulturist₩27,911,400
- Hotel manager₩92,732,100
- Hotel receptionist₩38,656,200
- House manager₩29,139,700
- Household manager₩28,276,100
- Housekeeper₩21,569,000
- HR manager₩124,581,900
- Hunter₩29,851,000
- Hvac mechanic₩40,936,600
- Industrial engineer₩50,380,900
- Industrial painter₩34,455,500
- Information clerk₩44,550,900
- Insulator₩37,652,800
- Insurance agent₩135,479,700
- IT presales technician₩49,375,000
- IT project manager₩139,478,400
- IT trainer₩41,360,400
- Jeweller₩32,582,300
- Journalist₩41,875,700
- Judge₩59,625,500
- Kitchen assistant₩21,247,800
- Landscape architect₩44,020,500
- Laundry worker₩29,589,400
- Lawyer₩55,771,500
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified₩48,039,800
- Legislators₩57,140,100
- Librarian₩41,638,100
- Library assistant₩43,510,400
- Livestock and dairy producers₩29,811,600
- Livestock farm labourers₩23,724,700
- Logistics manager₩113,027,100
- Machine oiler₩42,869,700
- Mail carrier₩46,567,200
- Management consultant₩49,580,200
- Manufacturing director₩120,701,300
- Market trader₩28,676,800
- Marketing specialist₩44,601,200
- Mechanical engineer₩51,281,900
- Medical writer₩40,049,500
- Metal caster₩41,228,200
- Metal filer₩37,820,000
- Metal molder₩35,706,200
- Metal worker₩37,009,600
- Metalworker₩38,743,100
- Meteorologist₩49,765,300
- Meter reader₩24,902,200
- Midwife₩45,913,600
- Mine engineer₩54,096,600
- Miners₩46,836,200
- Mining assistant₩31,089,200
- Mixed farmer₩29,284,900
- Motorcyle courier₩34,260,300
- Museum curator₩40,338,900
- Music teacher₩37,591,200
- Musician₩37,360,800
- Networks engineer₩49,859,400
- Nursing assistant₩28,770,500
- Nursing home manager₩111,248,700
- Odd job persons₩25,824,700
- Office clerk₩46,447,400
- Operations manager₩134,991,300
- Optometrist₩43,800,500
- Paper maker₩39,332,400
- Paramedical practitioners₩49,867,700
- Pastry cook₩30,002,900
- Pawnbroker₩37,949,300
- Payroll clerk₩51,397,800
- Performer₩29,573,100
- Personal care attendant₩28,043,300
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified₩28,719,100
- Personnel clerks₩49,228,300
- Pest control technician₩33,599,000
- Pharmacist₩48,516,400
- Photo retoucher₩32,820,000
- Physical therapist₩39,870,200
- Piano tuner₩37,782,500
- Picker and packer₩22,400,600
- Plasterer₩35,691,200
- Plumber₩39,928,100
- Police officer₩40,923,500
- Policy analyst₩44,423,800
- Potter₩33,318,700
- Poultry sexer₩27,459,700
- Prepress technician₩34,416,300
- Preschool teacher₩35,830,200
- Preschool teaching assistant₩26,766,600
- Primary school manager₩122,102,200
- Print operator₩33,482,700
- Prison teacher₩38,489,200
- Product designer₩41,261,100
- Product manager₩132,746,900
- Production line coordinator₩52,387,200
- Professor₩46,107,500
- Project manager₩121,693,400
- Promotions demonstrator₩24,575,900
- Proofreader₩49,325,500
- Psychologist₩45,758,800
- Public health inspector₩45,140,100
- Public relations professionals₩41,755,400
- Rail conductor₩29,432,600
- Receptionist₩38,706,900
- Registered nurse₩46,344,200
- Religious professionals₩36,340,400
- Rental sales worker₩28,286,100
- Restaurant manager₩81,142,200
- Retail sales associate₩27,833,700
- Retail store supervisor₩31,609,400
- Rig driller₩46,961,500
- Rigger₩42,488,900
- Roofer₩30,056,200
- Runway model₩25,099,700
- Sales engineer₩48,027,600
- Sawmill operator₩36,745,900
- Scribes and related workers₩47,559,300
- Secretary₩47,753,100
- Security guard₩30,445,100
- Senior government officials₩140,671,500
- Sewing machine operator₩29,766,000
- Sex worker₩25,155,700
- Shelf stacker₩21,229,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers₩40,431,500
- Shoemaker₩30,587,200
- Shop keeper₩37,918,900
- Sign installer₩34,131,000
- Signalman₩47,222,100
- Slitter operator₩36,495,200
- Social media manager₩134,470,200
- Social services manager₩107,966,100
- Social worker₩40,740,800
- Software developer₩51,474,000
- Software programmer₩47,526,000
- Software tester₩49,125,800
- Sorter₩26,242,500
- Special needs teacher₩42,935,100
- Specialist doctor₩76,727,000
- Speech therapist₩41,122,600
- Steel erector₩40,166,200
- Stock coordinator₩45,219,200
- Stone fabricator₩38,814,400
- Stone planer₩39,109,000
- Stonemason₩37,929,600
- Store manager₩101,765,600
- Street and related service workers₩24,855,300
- Street sweeper₩25,735,200
- Street vendor₩24,779,800
- Subsistence crop farmers₩25,588,600
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers₩28,409,400
- Subsistence livestock farmers₩25,876,100
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₩25,620,400
- Survey enumerator₩44,233,400
- Surveyor₩45,444,200
- Switchboard operator₩47,773,700
- Systems administrator₩48,013,700
- Systems analyst₩52,192,000
- Tailor₩27,099,900
- Tanner₩32,861,300
- Taxi driver₩32,702,800
- Teller₩49,185,900
- Tent builder₩38,045,200
- Test engineer₩50,493,500
- Textile braider₩33,052,100
- Textile machine operator₩32,120,900
- Tile installer₩35,668,500
- Tobacco dryer₩33,765,600
- Trades union official₩127,053,500
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₩141,894,800
- Traditional therapist₩35,012,100
- Train driver₩54,104,400
- Translator₩38,583,600
- Transport clerks₩51,863,500
- Travel agent₩43,910,800
- Tree doctor₩27,061,500
- Truck driver₩39,826,400
- Typist₩44,318,600
- Underwater welder₩41,358,100
- Upholsterer₩31,544,100
- Urban planner₩46,327,900
- UX designer₩38,507,800
- Veterinarian₩47,302,500
- Vocational teacher₩41,775,900
- Waiter₩23,702,300
- Warehouse worker₩26,266,800
- Waste collector₩26,172,500
- Watch maker₩37,082,900
- Water and firewood collectors₩24,504,500
- Water-based fisheries worker₩23,521,200
- Web developer₩47,570,400
- Welder₩37,724,800
- Winder operator₩32,425,800
- Window washer₩24,498,000
- Wood treater₩34,779,900
- Woodworker₩32,723,600
- Zoologist₩46,498,800
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate