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Minimum wage checker

Check pay against the 2026 and 2027 Korean minimum wage, counting only the wage items the law includes, with the probation rule.

Pay and schedule

Pay is set per

Enter amounts before tax for one pay unit. Yearly pay is divided by 12 and checked as monthly pay.

Hours:minutes, such as 8:00. Hours beyond 8 a day are overtime and do not count toward the base hours.

Wage items (amount per pay unit)
  • ₩

    Counts Paid every month.

  • ₩

    Counts Cash welfare counts in full from 2024.

  • ₩

    Left out Pay for hours outside scheduled work (Enforcement Rule art. 2(1)1).

Probation

Minimum wage check

Wages that count2,200,000 won
Wages left out100,000 won
Base hours(40 h scheduled + 8 h weekly holiday) × 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12 = 208.57 h → 209 h
209 h
Item20262027
Hourly minimum wage10,320 won10,700 won
Rate that applies10,320 won10,700 won
Amount needed2,156,880 won2,236,300 won
Wages that count2,200,000 won2,200,000 won
Per hour10,526.32 won10,526.32 won
ResultMeetsBelow
Shortfall0 won36,300 won

How it is checked

  • The minimum wage is 10,320 won an hour in 2026 and 10,700 won in 2027 (Ministry of Employment and Labor notices). It applies to every workplace with at least one employee (Minimum Wage Act art. 3).
  • Wages paid regularly at least once a month count. From 2024, monthly bonuses and cash for meals, transport and housing count in full (art. 6(4), Act No. 15666 addendum art. 2).
  • Overtime and holiday work pay and premiums, pay for unused leave, pay for paid holidays other than the weekly holiday, bonuses set over more than a month and benefits in kind do not count (Enforcement Rule art. 2). Weekly holiday pay counts.
  • Hourly conversion: daily pay ÷ scheduled hours per day, weekly pay ÷ (scheduled + weekly holiday hours), monthly pay ÷ monthly base hours (Enforcement Decree art. 5(1)). A 40 hour week gives 209 hours a month.
  • The 90% probation rate needs a contract of 1 year or more, the first 3 months of probation and a job that is not simple manual work (art. 5(2), Enforcement Decree art. 3).
  • The amount needed and the counted wages are compared without rounding. The shortfall is rounded up to the won.

This is a guide, not legal advice.

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