SEOUL / SALARY
SOUTH KOREA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 1290.11 KRW = 1 USD
78,482,249 KRW $60,834 USD		34,832,835 KRW $27,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 1290.11 KRW = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Seoul

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Average salary in Seoul is 78,482,249 KRW per year. The most typical earning is 34,832,835 KRW. All data are based on 570 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 89,017,247 KRW. Women receive a salary of 61,150,978 KRW.

The most paid careers are Construction & Labor Workers with average income 108,239,812 KRW and Management & Business with income 102,176,318 KRW.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 97,531,940 KRW. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 84,888,911 KRW.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 134,299,933 KRW. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 125,011,177 KRW.

Levels / Seoul (Gross KRW)

Salary Levels (KRW) per Year	Surveys	[%]
3,870,300 KRW - 6,449,199 KRW	0	n/a
6,450,500 KRW - 12,899,799 KRW	0	n/a
12,901,100 KRW - 19,350,299 KRW	12	100% 2.11%
19,351,600 KRW - 25,800,799 KRW	13	97.89% 2.28%
25,802,100 KRW - 32,251,299 KRW	34	95.61% 5.96%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
32,252,600 KRW - 38,701,899 KRW	64	89.65% 11.23%
38,703,200 KRW - 45,152,399 KRW	53	78.42% 9.3%
45,153,700 KRW - 51,602,899 KRW	46	69.12% 8.07%
51,604,200 KRW - 58,053,399 KRW	44	61.05% 7.72%
58,054,700 KRW - 64,503,999 KRW	46	53.33% 8.07%
64,505,300 KRW - 70,954,499 KRW	30	45.26% 5.26%
70,955,800 KRW - 77,404,999 KRW	21	40% 3.68%
77,406,300 KRW - 83,855,499 KRW	31	36.32% 5.44%
83,856,800 KRW - 90,306,099 KRW	13	30.88% 2.28%
90,307,400 KRW - 96,756,599 KRW	20	28.6% 3.51%
96,757,900 KRW - 103,207,099 KRW	15	25.09% 2.63%
103,208,400 KRW - 109,657,599 KRW	15	22.46% 2.63%
109,658,900 KRW - 116,108,199 KRW	15	19.82% 2.63%
116,109,500 KRW - 122,558,699 KRW	22	17.19% 3.86%
122,560,000 KRW - 129,009,199 KRW	5	13.33% 0.88%
129,010,500 KRW - 135,459,699 KRW	5	12.46% 0.88%
135,461,000 KRW - 141,910,299 KRW	6	11.58% 1.05%
141,911,600 KRW - 148,360,799 KRW	9	10.53% 1.58%
148,362,100 KRW - 154,811,299 KRW	4	8.95% 0.7%
154,812,600 KRW - 161,261,799 KRW	6	8.25% 1.05%
161,263,100 KRW - 167,712,399 KRW	1	7.19% 0.18%
167,713,700 KRW - 174,162,899 KRW	2	7.02% 0.35%
174,164,200 KRW - 180,613,399 KRW	5	6.67% 0.88%
180,614,700 KRW - 187,063,899 KRW	1	5.79% 0.18%
187,065,200 KRW - 193,514,499 KRW	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
193,515,800 KRW - 206,415,499 KRW	3	5.61% 0.53%
206,416,800 KRW - 219,316,599 KRW	2	5.09% 0.35%
219,317,900 KRW - 232,217,599 KRW	8	4.74% 1.4%
232,218,900 KRW - 245,118,699 KRW	4	3.33% 0.7%
245,120,000 KRW - 258,019,699 KRW	1	2.63% 0.18%
258,021,000 KRW - 270,920,799 KRW	1	2.46% 0.18%
270,922,100 KRW - 283,821,799 KRW	2	2.28% 0.35%
283,823,100 KRW - 296,722,899 KRW	2	1.93% 0.35%
296,724,200 KRW - 309,623,899 KRW	5	1.58% 0.88%
309,625,200 KRW - 322,524,999 KRW	0	n/a
322,526,300 KRW - 451,536,799 KRW	4	0.7% 0.7%

Gender / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	317	89,017,247 KRW
2	Women	135	61,150,978 KRW

Education / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	32	97,531,940 KRW
2	Masters Degree	161	84,888,911 KRW
3	Bachelors Degree	337	75,729,165 KRW
4	Some College	22	68,375,566 KRW
5	Bellow H. School	3	60,634,936 KRW
6	High School	15	47,991,907 KRW

Experience / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	45	134,299,933 KRW
2	20+ Years	45	125,011,177 KRW
3	12-16 Years	63	113,142,211 KRW
4	8-12 Years	96	87,082,089 KRW
5	4-8 Years	114	66,053,377 KRW
6	2-4 Years	84	52,249,253 KRW
7	1-2 Years	63	46,701,802 KRW
8	0-1 Year	60	45,024,665 KRW

Age / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	9	180,614,704 KRW
2	61-65	4	161,779,171 KRW
3	46-50	30	138,557,280 KRW
4	41-45	55	116,754,505 KRW
5	56-60	3	95,854,803 KRW
6	36-40	83	90,952,404 KRW
7	31-35	98	72,503,902 KRW
8	n/a	118	70,052,703 KRW
9	14-20	3	54,442,432 KRW
10	21-25	41	53,668,369 KRW
11	26-30	126	50,056,075 KRW

Work Type / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	13	103,079,392 KRW
2	Permanent	445	82,050,680 KRW
3	Contract	97	63,473,167 KRW
4	Part Time	15	47,088,833 KRW

Career Groups / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	Construction & Labor Workers	11	108,239,812 KRW
2	Management & Business	109	102,176,318 KRW
3	Finance & Banking	28	100,628,192 KRW
4	Engineers & Technicians V	10	94,822,719 KRW
5	Fashion	5	93,532,614 KRW
6	Health Care & Medical	7	90,565,373 KRW
7	IT & Programming II	18	87,211,100 KRW
8	Aviation & Shipping	6	82,824,743 KRW
9	Logistics, Road, Railway	6	82,695,732 KRW
10	Public Sector	11	81,663,648 KRW
11	Architect Constructions	9	79,857,501 KRW
12	Hotels & Tourism	9	76,761,249 KRW
13	Salesmen & Saleswomen	13	75,213,123 KRW
14	Human Resources	33	74,955,102 KRW
15	Engineers & Technicians IV	5	73,148,955 KRW
16	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	66	72,890,934 KRW
17	Automobile	7	70,568,745 KRW
18	Accounting & Administration	23	70,439,734 KRW
19	IT & Programming	45	69,923,692 KRW
20	Customer Services	6	69,278,640 KRW
21	Engineers & Technicians	52	66,440,409 KRW
22	Media	8	65,666,346 KRW
23	Education & University	35	62,957,125 KRW
24	Engineers & Technicians II	4	59,731,863 KRW
25	Health Care & Medical II	9	59,473,842 KRW
26	Insurance	1	59,086,810 KRW
27	Engineers & Technicians III	4	56,893,631 KRW
28	Making Design	4	50,443,106 KRW
29	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	46,443,781 KRW
30	Agriculture & Fishing	1	39,477,214 KRW
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	7	39,219,193 KRW
32	Arts, Culture, Performance	5	34,703,825 KRW
33	Sports & Recreation	1	34,445,804 KRW
34	Organization & Coordination	7	28,124,289 KRW
35	Law	1	20,383,659 KRW

Careers / Seoul (Gross KRW)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	13	174,938,242 KRW
2	Investment Manager	3	164,488,391 KRW
3	Fund Manager	3	163,714,328 KRW
4	CEO	7	146,297,910 KRW
5	Director	11	140,750,459 KRW
6	Branch Manager	4	123,463,051 KRW
7	Business Manager	4	121,914,925 KRW
8	Construction Project Manager	3	118,818,673 KRW
9	Hotel Manager	4	110,820,022 KRW
10	IT Manager	8	105,014,549 KRW
11	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	101,918,297 KRW
12	Finance Manager	7	100,628,192 KRW
13	Other Public Sector Career	7	100,370,171 KRW
14	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	4	98,951,056 KRW
15	Other Sales Career	4	98,047,982 KRW
16	Business Development Manager	13	96,628,866 KRW
17	Software Engineer	5	94,822,719 KRW
18	Other Engineer Career	9	92,629,541 KRW
19	Engineering Manager	6	92,242,509 KRW
20	Contract Manager	4	91,855,478 KRW
21	Other Human Resource Career	4	91,210,425 KRW
22	Project Manager	5	90,694,383 KRW
23	Sales Manager	14	88,630,215 KRW
24	University Professor	9	88,243,184 KRW
25	Marketing Manager	8	87,856,152 KRW
26	Account Manager	5	87,340,110 KRW
27	Human Resources Manager	16	86,695,058 KRW
28	Construction Manager	4	82,824,743 KRW
29	Teacher	7	75,729,165 KRW
30	Marketing Executive	3	75,600,154 KRW
31	Other Automobile Career	5	75,213,123 KRW
32	Product Manager	3	74,826,091 KRW
33	Marketing	8	74,310,049 KRW
34	Manager	16	73,406,976 KRW
35	Software Developer	17	72,116,871 KRW
36	IT Project Manager	6	71,987,860 KRW
37	Mechanical Engineer	6	71,342,808 KRW
38	Doctor	3	68,762,598 KRW
39	Human Resource	5	67,472,493 KRW
40	Sales Executives	4	67,214,472 KRW
41	Research Engineer	7	66,440,409 KRW
42	Operations Manager	4	64,118,220 KRW
43	Business Development Coordinator	3	60,118,894 KRW
44	Electrical Engineer	8	59,215,821 KRW
45	Architect	5	51,862,222 KRW
46	Other Management Career	4	51,604,201 KRW
47	Assistant Manager	11	50,701,127 KRW
48	Financial Analyst	3	49,153,001 KRW
49	Languages Teacher	3	48,765,970 KRW
50	Marketing Coordinator	3	48,507,949 KRW
51	Engineer	17	47,475,865 KRW
52	Human Resource Coordinator	5	47,088,833 KRW
53	Other Education Career	5	45,540,707 KRW
54	Sales	3	40,767,319 KRW
55	Salesmen or Saleswomen	3	36,767,993 KRW
56	Sales Representative	3	36,638,982 KRW
57	Secretary	3	36,122,940 KRW
58	Non-Profit Organization	4	25,286,058 KRW

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Professional

Posted 19 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"EV business marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	109,999,500 KRW

Manager

Posted 21 August 2023

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	77,406,300 KRW

Cash, Job, Mail, Develop

Posted 14 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cash, job, mail, develop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Some College	2-4 Years	Basic	39,494,000 KRW

Senior Manager

Posted 27 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	277,926,000 KRW

Director

Posted 25 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Global Sales Strategy and Organization."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	99,747,100 KRW

Division Manager

Posted 23 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ICT Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	206,361,300 KRW

Deputy Gm

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	89,003,100 KRW

Content Marketing Manager

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Content marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	34,872,800 KRW

Business Partner In Aspac

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting, tax law, corporate tax return, VAT, payroll."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	109,368,700 KRW

Research

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administrative tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	41,982,600 KRW

Revenue Manager

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hotel revenue management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	49,817,400 KRW

Business Development Director

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Driving the business in the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	160,535,500 KRW

Hr Assistant Manager

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR + Global Tasts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	49,351,700 KRW

Consolidated Financial Specilist

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Expert Accounting skill."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	82,251,900 KRW

Senior Business Developer

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategy planning, business developing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	70,501,700 KRW

Hr Specialist

Posted 27 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"General HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	37,601,400 KRW

Staff

Posted 16 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing report."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	42,301,300 KRW

Assistant Manager

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, GA, Global HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	58,751,400 KRW

Elec

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	70,501,700 KRW

Esl Teacher

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Some College	2-4 Years	Expert	46,995,900 KRW

Leader

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	111,628,900 KRW

Project Manager

Posted 17 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"TASKS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	58,751,400 KRW

Branch Manager

Posted 16 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Branch management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	88,352,800 KRW

Intern

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"English capability."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	25,803,400 KRW

Research

Posted 23 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	77,406,300 KRW

Director

Posted 21 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Confidential."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	105,753,800 KRW

General Manager

Posted 10 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management in sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	94,003,500 KRW

Fund Manager

Posted 22 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"10 Years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	217,382,700 KRW

Assistant Manger

Posted 29 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Economics, accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	47,001,100 KRW

Manager

Posted 23 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"TA, GHR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	82,251,900 KRW

Accountant

Posted 01 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Basic	64,505,300 KRW

Senior Research Engineer

Posted 24 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product development, Microfluidics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	42,301,300 KRW

Assistant Manager

Posted 23 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing and Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	58,751,400 KRW

Customer Success Team Leader

Posted 06 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer Support, Customer Success, Education, Hiring, Training, Dutch Translator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	34,625,100 KRW

Customor Service Field Engineer Of Semiconductor Manufacturing Machines

Posted 16 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Set-up Semiconductor Equipments
Repair Semiconductor Equipments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	43,501,100 KRW

Senior Project Manager

Posted 26 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Speaks 3 languages, Google Certified."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	86,066,800 KRW

Country Director

Posted 15 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead country Strategy/Planning Execution, country sales, and marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	79,532,400 KRW

Facade Project Manager

Posted 13 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management & bachelor degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	239,260,300 KRW

Bim Designer

Posted 09 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Furniture design, revit, bim."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	32,625,500 KRW

Management

Posted 01 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Logistic, purshasing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	65,252,200 KRW

Manager

Posted 18 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"In charge of Projec manager at the field of Lithum batteries facilties."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	58,726,900 KRW

Researcher

Posted 02 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conduct research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	16,312,100 KRW

Data Scientist

Posted 18 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Science Machine Learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	97,879,000 KRW

Software Engineer

Posted 14 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work with software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	220,392,500 KRW

Import And Export Business

Posted 13 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I know how to import and export products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	40,238,400 KRW

Plan Management

Posted 11 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"General Affairs. Compliance. Scanning contracts and Legal issue. Support HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	41,329,800 KRW

Manager

Posted 09 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operation and financial managment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	78,302,900 KRW

Senior Business Analyst

Posted 11 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior Business Analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	84,283,900 KRW

Manager

Posted 27 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	119,630,100 KRW

Market Reseach

Posted 18 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seoul	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	28,711,300 KRW

SEOUL / SALARY SOUTH KOREA

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78,482,249 KRW

34,832,835 KRW

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People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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