The salary range of employees working in South Korea is, by default, in the range of 1,949,480.00 KRW (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 6,389,772.00 KRW (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.
Distribution of employees in South Korea into salary brackets in KRW.
Average salary and range in South Korea by age in KRW.
Comparison of the average salary of men and women in South Korea (KRW).
List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in South Korea (KRW).
1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management
2. Managing Director Top Management
3. IT Director Top Management
4. Country Manager/Director Top Management
5. Call Centre Director Top Management
6. Leasing Director Leasing
7. IT Architect Information Technology
8. Plant manager Top Management
9. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
10. Lead developer Information Technology
11. Head of product development Management
12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
13. Sales Director Top Management
14. Technical Director Top Management
15. IT Manager Management
16. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
17. IC Design Engineer Information Technology
18. Publishing House Director Top Management
19. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics
20. Marketing Director Top Management
List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in South Korea (KRW)
1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
3. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
4. Porter, Information Staff General labour
5. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
6. Cleaner General labour
7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
8. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
9. Housekeeper Service Industries
10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
11. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
12. General Labourer General labour
13. Packer Production
14. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
18. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
19. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
20. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy
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