SOUTH KOREA SALARY

GROSS SALARY

KRW 63,264,905

Average gorss salary (USD) for South Korea

GROSS SALARY (USD)

US$ 57,452

NET SALARY

KRW 51,629,322

MOST TYPICAL GROSS

KRW 28,330,423

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Updated: 11 May 2020 Diff. gross vs. net: 18%
Salary entries: 710

South Korea Earnings

Average salary in South Korea is KRW 63,264,905.

Average take home earning is KRW 51,629,322 (Net).

The most typical salary is KRW 28,330,423 (Gross).

These data are from our visitors surveys (710 individual salaries).

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Percentage of people	Earn this salary or more
5 %	KRW 152,857,200
11 %	KRW 116,430,056
21 %	KRW 93,124,137
59 %	KRW 49,524,252
92 %	KRW 28,330,423
97 %	KRW 17,429,869
100 %	KRW 4,837,126

Career	Avg. gross salary	(USD)	Salary entries
Software Developer	KRW 75,110,750	US$ 68,308	24
Engineer	KRW 40,817,350	US$ 36,777	24
Manager	KRW 63,484,227	US$ 57,258	20
Human Resources Manager	KRW 74,806,250	US$ 68,817	16
Sales Manager	KRW 68,638,890	US$ 62,766	15
General Manager	KRW 145,406,976	US$ 132,028	14
University Professor	KRW 77,452,807	US$ 69,613	14
Business Development Manager	KRW 73,401,538	US$ 67,096	13
Research Engineer	KRW 56,083,333	US$ 51,474	12
Director	KRW 131,780,568	US$ 121,847	11

City	Avg. gross salary	(USD)	Salary entries
Seoul	KRW 65,084,872	US$ 59,129	532
Suwon	KRW 62,974,315	US$ 57,056	42
Busan	KRW 54,128,088	US$ 48,773	37
Daejeon	KRW 63,856,041	US$ 57,716	17
Incheon	KRW 82,495,942	US$ 75,363	14
Seongnam	KRW 60,166,666	US$ 54,667	12
Daegu	KRW 40,341,666	US$ 36,837	12
Changwon	KRW 47,245,454	US$ 42,637	11

Salary entries from individual employees for South Korea

Below is the list of 100 individual salary profiles - all added on this website.

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(100/100) PLAN MANAGEMENT Posted: 12 May 2020 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "General Affairs. Compliance. Scanning contracts and Legal issue. Support HR." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 38,003,200 US$ 32,669
(99/100) MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Posted: 05 May 2020 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Executed corporate brand strategy and organized the implementation of brand promotion, marketing, and increased company awareness ? Organized and executed online and offline monthly influence events ? Organized events, topic related panels, participation in industry related events and parties from A to Z for potential clients and the tech community ? Assisted corporate brand strategy and organized the implementation of brand promotion, marketing, and increase company awareness ? Enhanced proposal, planning, organizing and executing online and offline monthly influence events ? Maintained publicity contributions for each event, manage social media accounts, and media PR resources ? Maintained up to date and expertise on the virtual currency and payments industries ? Built good working relationships with press, bloggers, journalists and website editors. ? Actively and successfully managed the sales process ? Met customers in person to pitch solutions. Explored the pain points of customers on calls & f2f meetings, fetched their needs and proposed solutions." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 50,000,000 US$ 42,982
(98/100) MANAGER Posted: 09 Apr 2020 Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Operation and financial managment." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 72,000,000 US$ 61,893
(97/100) EPIK ENGLISH TEACHER Posted: 07 Apr 2020 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "English Language, Gender Studies I am proficient in most technology including Dell, Apple, Sony, Android, and many others I also have basic knowledge in 2d and 3d item production using laser cutters, 3d printers, and vinyl cutters I have a Bachelor's degree in Gender Studies I majored in Gender Studies with English Language as a minor I have a teaching certificate." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 33,447,403 US$ 28,752
(96/100) INTERNATIONAL SALES MANAGER Posted: 12 Mar 2020 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Managing international market sales and business development." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 43,400,000 US$ 37,308 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(95/100) SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST Posted: 11 Mar 2020 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Senior Business Analyst." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 77,500,000 US$ 66,621
(94/100) MANAGER Posted: 27 Feb 2020 Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Mechanical engineer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 110,000,000 US$ 94,559
(93/100) MARKET RESEACH Posted: 18 Feb 2020 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Market research." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 26,400,000 US$ 22,694
(92/100) PROJECT CONTROL MANAGER Posted: 10 Feb 2020 Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Project Cost Management with Budgeting Project Proposal (Commercial) PMP,PE." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 90,000,000 US$ 77,367
(91/100) HR STAFF Posted: 31 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Overseas HR for construction projects." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 80,000,000 US$ 68,770 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(90/100) MARKETING Posted: 13 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Strategy planning, budget management, digital marketing, analyticis, customer relationship management." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 70,000,000 US$ 60,174
(89/100) PLANNING MANAGER Posted: 09 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Belgium construction manager." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 90,000,000 US$ 77,367
(88/100) FLIGHT TEST LEAD Posted: 07 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Lead team to validate air worthiness and proper operation of Aircraft sensors." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 210,000,000 US$ 180,522
(87/100) ENGLISH TEACHER Posted: 07 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "I received my law degree last year. I have taught two law courses. I have a TEFL." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 26,400,000 US$ 22,694
(86/100) SPORTS Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Business strategy." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 35,000,000 US$ 30,087
(85/100) PROJECT LEAD Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "New product development Project Lead." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 100,000,000 US$ 85,963
(84/100) SPORTS Posted: 05 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Business strategy." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 35,000,000 US$ 30,087
(83/100) DIRECTOR Posted: 03 Jan 2020 Doctorate Degree, 8-12 years: "Strategy and planning." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 60,000,000 US$ 51,578
(82/100) PROJECT MANAGER Posted: 02 Jan 2020 Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Client's representative. Degree in Construction Management. Experience in Lease Management, Project Management for Construction Developments, Contracts Management, Hotel Management, Attractions & Destination Development, Feasibility Analysis." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 160,000,000 US$ 137,541
(81/100) CL3 MANAGER Posted: 23 Dec 2019 Bellow H. School, 8-12 years: "Management and marketing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 100,000,000 US$ 94,287 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(80/100) TELECOM ENGINEER Posted: 19 Dec 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "• Having 7.5 years of Experience in Mobile Communications Protocol Domain. • Hands on experience in Carrier Acceptance Test (CAT) for 5G/LTE. • In Depth understanding of GCF/PTCRB Process. • Deep Exposure of LTE Architecture, Mobility, Idle mode procedures, Carrier Aggregation. • In Depth Exposure of 5G/LTE MAC, RLC, PDCP and RRC Layer concepts. • Good understanding of IMS architecture and procedures. • In Depth knowledge of 3GPP Conformance Test Specification [51.010, 34.123, 36.523, 38.523, 36.508, 38.508]. • Exposure of Numerous Field Test Scenarios [Call Drop/Handover/Cell Selection & Reselection]. • Expertise in analyzing issues by using 3GPP specifications and TTCN scripts. • Experience in Keysight Conformance/ Keysight SAS/ Keysight PRT / R&S CMW500/Anritsu Tools. • Experience in Using Logging Tools [QXDM-Qualcomm, ShannonDM-CMC, ArmLogel- Spreadtrum] • Having Sound Programming knowledge in C." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 80,000,000 US$ 75,430
(79/100) NAVAL ARCHITECT Posted: 05 Dec 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Naval architect." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 20,000,000 US$ 18,857
(78/100) SOURCING DEVELOPER Posted: 01 Dec 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Develop new businesses." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 54,000,000 US$ 50,915
(77/100) RESEARCHER Posted: 28 Nov 2019 Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "Its a research in engineering of machines." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(76/100) SENIOR ENGINEER Posted: 28 Nov 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Mechanical design engineer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 96,000,000 US$ 90,516
(75/100) MANAGER Posted: 28 Nov 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Oversea businesses." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(74/100) ELECTRONIC ENGINEER Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Research and development and engineering testing of products, new product development." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(73/100) WAITRESS Posted: 07 Nov 2019 High School, 12-16 years: "I have to clean the tables and serve food to the guests in the hotel . Clean the hotel room before and after the day." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 95,820,580 US$ 90,346
(72/100) BRANCH MANAGER Posted: 07 Nov 2019 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Country manager for Costa Rica and Nicaragua in freight forwarding company." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 172,968,279 US$ 163,087
(71/100) FRONT-END DEVELOPER Posted: 04 Nov 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Developing and maintaining software." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(70/100) HR ASSISTANT MANAGER Posted: 04 Nov 2019 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Recruiting, Retaining, Training and Retrenching of employees." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 48,000,000 US$ 45,258
(69/100) FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER Posted: 23 Oct 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Maintenance, repair, installation." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 66,000,000 US$ 62,230
(68/100) ASSOCIATE Posted: 20 Oct 2019 Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Just fucking do everything. Staring at the monitor." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 59,000,000 US$ 55,629
(67/100) PEOPLE AND CULTURE MANAGER Posted: 17 Oct 2019 Doctorate Degree, 20+ years: "This is the area where I am interested in a global large company." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 150,000,000 US$ 141,431
(66/100) CONSULTANT Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Master in global finance and international development and cooperation." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 12,000,000 US$ 11,314
(65/100) BIG AGENT Posted: 22 Sep 2019 Doctorate Degree, 8-12 years: "I sell and buy properties." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 5,000,000 US$ 4,714
(64/100) DIRECTOR Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Director of human resources(Global)." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 70,000,000 US$ 66,001
(63/100) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER Posted: 15 Sep 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "I teach English as a second language to children and teenagers in Chungdahm Institute in Suwon, South Korea. Each day, I teach two lessons, which are three hours long each. I am adept to using technology such as tablets and smart-boards to increase student involvement in class. For example, I incorporate photos and videos into the lesson, administer online quizzes, and have students justify their answers in class to ensure comprehension. Furthermore, I oversee in class student projects. In addition using technology in the classroom, I write daily reports on student preformance, meet with their counselors to address issues, and write progress reports every three weeks." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 27,600,000 US$ 26,023
(62/100) MANAGER Posted: 30 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Making up the proposal for bidding." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 82,000,000 US$ 77,315
(61/100) POST DOC Posted: 30 Aug 2019 Doctorate Degree, 1-2 years: "Post doctoral fellow in Andong National University." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 21,300,000 US$ 20,083 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(60/100) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Posted: 26 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Supporting people in developing countries to live their own." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 26,000,000 US$ 24,515
(59/100) GLOBAL HR MANAGER Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Manage and develop global HR of overseas companies." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 85,000,000 US$ 80,144
(58/100) REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Organize offline event Organize online marketing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(57/100) ENGLISH TEACHER Posted: 19 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Part time hagwon English teacher, elementary and middle school students. Bachelors degree and TEFOL certificate." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 24,000,000 US$ 22,629
(56/100) SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Posted: 02 Aug 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Software Development, research, database..." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 23,000,000 US$ 21,686
(55/100) RESEARCHER Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Masters Degree, 2-4 years: "Research and development of weapon systems." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 56,500,000 US$ 53,272
(54/100) SYSTEM ENGINEER Posted: 25 Jul 2019 Some College, 2-4 years: "Architecture System and System Design." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 32,000,000 US$ 30,172
(53/100) SOFTWARE ENGINEER Posted: 23 Jul 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Software Developer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 53,666,000 US$ 50,600
(52/100) MANAGEMENT Posted: 16 Jul 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Manage institute to run well." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(51/100) URBAN PLANNING Posted: 15 Jul 2019 Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Working in Overseas Business Department." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 65,000,000 US$ 61,287
(50/100) MARINE ENGINEER. Posted: 27 Jun 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Operaiting machinery, maintaining machinery." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 49,000,000 US$ 46,201
(49/100) BUSINESS OPERATION SENIOR MANAGER Posted: 22 Jun 2019 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Managing projects." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 65,140,000 US$ 61,419
(48/100) ENGLISH TEACHER Posted: 21 Jun 2019 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "English tutor, school principal." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 50,000,000 US$ 47,144
(47/100) REGIONAL SALES MANAGER Posted: 15 Jun 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Generating new business by leveraging existing relationships, prospecting, conducting market analysis and launching programs Maximizing sales performance through delivering an exceptional customer experience, people management and cost control Developing and maintaining efficient and effective reporting systems for tracking prospects for initial enquiry through to close Identifying and developing sustainable relationships with key accounts at both strategic and tactical level Mainatining relaionship with multi-channel accounts Delivering sales and profit growth through strategic account partnerships Markeing, promoting and selling premium brands." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 44,965,200 US$ 42,396
(46/100) PRINCIPLE Posted: 01 Jun 2019 Doctorate Degree, 12-16 years: "Optical engineer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 110,000,000 US$ 103,716
(45/100) SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER Posted: 30 May 2019 Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Manage and lead capital project." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 146,000,000 US$ 137,659
(44/100) ENGINEER Posted: 24 May 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Oversee process, quality control, review monitoring system, update system settings, troubleshooting." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 57,600,000 US$ 54,309
(43/100) HAVC ENGINEER Posted: 23 May 2019 Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Team Leader for Technical matters." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 36,744,000 US$ 34,645
(42/100) SEARCH INSIGHT Posted: 22 May 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Use data for marketing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(41/100) SENIOR EDITOR Posted: 17 May 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Writing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 43,800,000 US$ 41,298 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(40/100) ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER Posted: 16 May 2019 Masters Degree, 2-4 years: "System trouble shooting and leading the manufacture team." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 66,000,000 US$ 62,230
(39/100) RESEARCH ASSISTANT Posted: 10 May 2019 Doctorate Degree, 2-4 years: "Experimental research related to material science and engineering." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 14,976,000 US$ 14,120
(38/100) ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR Posted: 10 May 2019 Doctorate Degree, 1-2 years: "Principal Investigator of a 3 year project." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(37/100) FASHION MODEL Posted: 04 May 2019 Some College, 8-12 years: "I travel to many countries but there was only an option to select one. I used to do runway work but now that I am older I only to print jobs." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 125,000,000 US$ 117,859
(36/100) DIRECTOR OF BD Posted: 03 May 2019 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Finding new business and market." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 100,000,000 US$ 94,287
(35/100) DATA SCIENTIST Posted: 29 Mar 2019 Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "Prefer not to disclose." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 20,000,000 US$ 18,857
(34/100) HARDWARE Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Hardware design and testing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(33/100) DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Posted: 26 Mar 2019 Masters Degree, 16-20 years: "R&D Engineer, Project Manager(development programs), Program Manager, Business Development Director." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 100,000,000 US$ 94,287
(32/100) DATA LOCALIZATION SPECIALIST Posted: 20 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Translation german into korean." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 33,000,000 US$ 31,115
(31/100) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Posted: 12 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "General management for Accounting, HR, General Affairs at the small size company under 10 employees." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 64,000,000 US$ 60,344
(30/100) INSIDE SALES Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Inside Sales Specialist." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 38,500,000 US$ 36,301
(29/100) ASIC/SOC VERIFICATION ENGINEER Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "As a SoC verification engineer, we need to verify the design based on given specification." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 46,000,000 US$ 43,372
(28/100) MANAGER Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Overseast sales and marketing." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 67,000,000 US$ 63,172
(27/100) MARKETING MANAGER Posted: 01 Mar 2019 Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Doing marketing for Korea market." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 117,600,000 US$ 110,882
(26/100) SALES CONSULTANT Posted: 24 Feb 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Sales consultant teaching english sales." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(25/100) COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE Posted: 22 Feb 2019 Masters Degree, 16-20 years: "Prefer not to disclose." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 200,000,000 US$ 188,574
(24/100) SALES ENGINEER Posted: 20 Feb 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Idk hdd sales engineer and telecom engineer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(23/100) ASSOCIATE Posted: 15 Feb 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Supporting accounting (finance)." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 35,000,000 US$ 33,001
(22/100) CS EXE Posted: 15 Feb 2019 Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Handle customer inquiry, prepare quotation, assist sales manager and prepare the invoice. Follow up on shipment and delivery." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(21/100) MANAGER Posted: 14 Feb 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "I am controller of 65 employees." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 85,000,000 US$ 80,144 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANALYSE SALARIES? (How much people earn generally?) BUILD PERSONAL SALARY REPORT (How much more/less people earn then you do?) Compare your salary with others »
(20/100) PROJECT MANAGER Posted: 13 Feb 2019 Masters Degree, 20+ years: "It project manager." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 70,000,000 US$ 66,001
(19/100) INVESTMENT MANAGER Posted: 08 Feb 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "I am a junior level worker at a venture capital firm." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 40,000,000 US$ 37,715
(18/100) RESTAURANT COOK Posted: 03 Feb 2019 Some College, 1-2 years: "General cook in small restaurant in seoul, untrained but provided with on the job training at work place." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 22,800,000 US$ 21,497
(17/100) GENERAL MANAGER Posted: 25 Jan 2019 Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Marketing & Project Management." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 47,000,000 US$ 44,315
(16/100) SOURCING ANALYST Posted: 21 Jan 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Sourcing options, market research, contract." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 48,000,000 US$ 45,258
(15/100) LEADER Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Doctorate Degree, 8-12 years: "Leader in biomedical engineer." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 100,000,000 US$ 94,287
(14/100) SOURCING ANALYST Posted: 16 Jan 2019 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Sourcing Analyst." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 48,000,000 US$ 45,258
(13/100) ASSISTANT Posted: 14 Jan 2019 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Operational assistant to manage the company." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(12/100) MANAGER Posted: 13 Jan 2019 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Consulting and corporate manager." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 90,000,000 US$ 84,858
(11/100) POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Posted: 11 Jan 2019 Doctorate Degree, 2-4 years: "Scientific research in the university." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(10/100) SALES ASSOCIATE Posted: 09 Jan 2019 Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "- Manage sales accounts - Handle customer questions and requests - Generate new business and sales - Research market status and suggest actions to improve sales - Correct and register products to be compliant with European regulations - Select/Develop new products for the European market." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 34,355,988 US$ 32,393
(9/100) FASHION DIRECTOR Posted: 02 Jan 2019 Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Creative directors are the creative leads at advertising and marketing companies, working with designers, artists, copywriters, sales teams and marketers." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 15,000,000 US$ 14,143
(8/100) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Posted: 24 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Business Development Management, Relationship Management." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 110,000,000 US$ 103,716
(7/100) HEAD MARKETING Posted: 21 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Marketing Head Regional." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 186,000,000 US$ 175,374
(6/100) BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST Posted: 14 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 1-2 years: "1 years work on samsung herbmedicine 2 years work on kangwon univ half years work on hallym hospital." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 30,000,000 US$ 28,286
(5/100) DIRECTOR Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "New biz development." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 150,000,000 US$ 141,431
(4/100) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "New business development and business strategy development." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 80,000,000 US$ 75,430
(3/100) SUPERVISOR Posted: 10 Dec 2018 Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Recruitment, management of employees." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 70,000,000 US$ 66,001
(2/100) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Posted: 04 Dec 2018 Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "I build relationships with client companies at B2B business platform company." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 43,000,000 US$ 40,543
(1/100) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW Posted: 04 Dec 2018 Doctorate Degree, 2-4 years: "To write research manuscripts along with conducting experiments, supervising graduate student and reviewing manuscripts." Individual GROSS salary: KRW 2,400,000 US$ 2,263

ECONOMY SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's economy ranks 15th in the world by it's nominal GDP, and by PPP ranks 12th.

The mayor industries in South Korea are ship building, automobile, and electronics industry. The country is the first producer of ships on the world, including production of oil supertankers. It shares more than 50% of the global shipbuilding industry. South Korea is one of the largest automobile producers in the world. The largest automaker is Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.
The largest companies in South Korea:

Samsung Electronics (Electronics)

Korea Electric Power (Utilities)

Hyundai Motor (Automotive)

Posco (Materials)

Kookmin Bank (Banking)

SK Corp (Oil & gas operations)

LG Electronics (Consumer durables)

Shinhan Financial (Banking)

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SALARY BY LEVEL SOUTH KOREA

Salary levels	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
More	US$ 243,099	KRW 263,929,510	12
205K	US$ 207,764	KRW 238,078,078	03
195K	US$ 199,129	KRW 220,000,000	01
185K	US$ 185,065	KRW 201,666,666	06
175K	US$ 176,518	KRW 193,857,473	04
165K	US$ 166,402	KRW 176,484,139	02
155K	US$ 155,434	KRW 176,000,000	02
145K	US$ 141,396	KRW 152,857,200	06
135K	US$ 136,752	KRW 149,531,249	08
125K	US$ 123,767	KRW 136,731,041	06
115K	US$ 113,783	KRW 123,777,428	14
105K	US$ 106,044	KRW 116,430,056	12
95K	US$ 93,123	KRW 102,610,241	41
85K	US$ 84,367	KRW 93,124,137	29
75K	US$ 74,134	KRW 81,998,368	47
65K	US$ 64,036	KRW 70,428,975	51
55K	US$ 54,098	KRW 59,688,920	63
45K	US$ 44,842	KRW 49,524,252	109
35K	US$ 34,625	KRW 38,269,515	113
25K	US$ 25,583	KRW 28,330,423	126
15K	US$ 15,801	KRW 17,429,869	31
Less	US$ 4,334	KRW 4,837,126	24

SALARY BY GENDER SOUTH KOREA

	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
Men	US$ 63,074	KRW 69,357,794	405
Women	US$ 48,110	KRW 53,031,662	147
N/A	US$ 51,734	KRW 57,167,857	158

SALARY BY EDUCATION SOUTH KOREA

	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
Doctorate Degree	US$ 66,840	KRW 73,858,308	56
Masters Degree	US$ 61,081	KRW 67,089,094	205
Bachelors Degree	US$ 56,702	KRW 62,520,038	390
Some College	US$ 47,522	KRW 52,228,328	26
High School	US$ 33,421	KRW 36,740,794	27
Bellow H. School	US$ 45,720	KRW 49,333,333	06

Workers holding Doctorate Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in South Korea. With an earned Doctorate Degree, they grosses KRW 73,858,308. While Workers with High School education earn the least, with an average gross income of KRW 36,740,794. This is 99.99% lower of what Doctorate Degree degree holders earn.

SALARY BY EXPERIENCE SOUTH KOREA

	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
20+ Years	US$ 89,714	KRW 99,378,015	57
16-20 Years	US$ 97,133	KRW 106,777,437	54
12-16 Years	US$ 86,386	KRW 94,976,971	69
8-12 Years	US$ 65,197	KRW 71,538,074	114
4-8 Years	US$ 50,499	KRW 55,683,781	136
2-4 Years	US$ 38,230	KRW 41,920,396	121
1-2 Years	US$ 33,300	KRW 36,825,627	77
0-1 Year	US$ 36,355	KRW 40,217,891	82

Workers in South Korea with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 16-20 Years of experience earn a gross average of KRW 106,777,437 compared to KRW 36,825,627 for their counterparts with 1-2 Years of experience. The difference between workers with 16-20 Years of experience and 1-2 Years is 191.69%.

SALARY BY AGE SOUTH KOREA

	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
63-68	US$ 126,989	KRW 142,000,000	03
57-62	US$ 83,875	KRW 92,200,000	05
51-56	US$ 97,702	KRW 106,906,159	14
45-50	US$ 100,810	KRW 111,844,050	45
39-44	US$ 78,574	KRW 86,526,181	99
33-38	US$ 59,190	KRW 64,772,812	121
27-32	US$ 42,715	KRW 46,991,506	180
22-26	US$ 38,107	KRW 41,999,985	77
16-21	US$ 36,865	KRW 39,571,428	07
Less	US$ 90,346	KRW 95,820,580	01
N/A	US$ 51,734	KRW 57,167,857	158

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SALARY BY FIELD SOUTH KOREA

#		Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
1.	Management & Business	US$ 78,301	KRW 86,043,401	119
2.	Aviation & Shipping	US$ 75,860	KRW 85,591,885	07
3.	Fashion	US$ 73,983	KRW 80,197,575	05
4.	Engineers & Technicians V	US$ 72,446	KRW 80,098,402	12
5.	Finance & Banking	US$ 72,006	KRW 79,689,655	29
6.	Health Care & Medical	US$ 69,860	KRW 78,555,555	09
7.	Construction & Labor Workers	US$ 67,751	KRW 74,690,909	11
8.	Architect Constructions	US$ 66,573	KRW 72,607,990	08
9.	Public Sector	US$ 63,690	KRW 69,081,666	12
10.	Human Resources	US$ 60,723	KRW 66,323,405	31
11.	IT & Telecommunication	US$ 59,781	KRW 65,475,615	64
12.	Customer Services	US$ 58,839	KRW 65,729,225	07
13.	Engineers & Technicians III	US$ 57,046	KRW 64,200,000	06
14.	Engineers & Technicians IV	US$ 56,883	KRW 62,666,666	06
15.	Hotels & Tourism	US$ 55,816	KRW 61,672,086	10
16.	IT & Telecommunication II	US$ 55,016	KRW 60,515,908	22
17.	Automobile	US$ 54,910	KRW 62,121,428	07
18.	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	US$ 52,974	KRW 58,181,924	73
19.	Salesmen & Saleswomen	US$ 52,686	KRW 58,431,819	18
20.	Engineers & Technicians	US$ 50,108	KRW 54,905,018	75
21.	Logistics, Road, Railway	US$ 48,769	KRW 54,394,285	07
22.	Media	US$ 48,030	KRW 51,510,000	08
23.	Accounting & Administration	US$ 47,359	KRW 52,381,250	32
24.	Engineers & Technicians II	US$ 46,951	KRW 51,308,318	06
25.	Education & University	US$ 45,300	KRW 50,235,055	71
26.	Health Care & Medical II	US$ 40,661	KRW 45,454,544	11
27.	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	US$ 30,364	KRW 33,792,571	14
28.	Organization & Coordination	US$ 26,713	KRW 29,557,142	07
29.	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	US$ 26,626	KRW 29,268,184	07
30.	Arts, Culture, Performance	US$ 20,645	KRW 23,120,000	05

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Average salaries in South Korea can vary greatly based on a career field. Management & Business enjoy the highest gross average salaries (KRW 86,043,401), followed by Aviation & Shipping (KRW 85,591,885), and Fashion (KRW 80,197,575). Lower average gross salaries in the South Korea are earned by those in Arts, Culture, Performance (KRW 23,120,000) and those in Restaurants, Inns, Pubs positions (KRW 29,268,184). The difference between the most paid and the lowest paid fields is 279.27%.

SALARY BY CAREER SOUTH KOREA

#		Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
1.	General Manager	US$ 132,028	KRW 145,406,976	14
2.	Director	US$ 121,847	KRW 131,780,568	11
3.	CEO	US$ 114,346	KRW 123,852,120	07
4.	Project Manager	US$ 83,313	KRW 93,777,777	09
5.	Finance Manager	US$ 77,230	KRW 86,375,000	08
6.	Other Public Sector Career	US$ 76,478	KRW 82,592,500	08
7.	Other Sales Career	US$ 75,243	KRW 84,285,979	05
8.	Engineering Manager	US$ 71,120	KRW 78,250,000	08
9.	Other Engineer Career	US$ 70,460	KRW 78,289,166	11
10.	University Professor	US$ 69,613	KRW 77,452,807	14
11.	Human Resources Manager	US$ 68,817	KRW 74,806,250	16
12.	IT Manager	US$ 68,705	KRW 75,866,666	09
13.	Software Developer	US$ 68,308	KRW 75,110,750	24
14.	Marketing Manager	US$ 67,749	KRW 74,538,878	10
15.	Business Development Manager	US$ 67,096	KRW 73,401,538	13
16.	IT Project Manager	US$ 64,471	KRW 69,511,111	09
17.	Sales Manager	US$ 62,766	KRW 68,638,890	15
18.	Mechanical Engineer	US$ 58,604	KRW 62,912,000	10
19.	Manager	US$ 57,258	KRW 63,484,227	20
20.	Marketing	US$ 56,066	KRW 60,626,666	09
21.	Research Engineer	US$ 51,474	KRW 56,083,333	12
22.	Teacher	US$ 49,557	KRW 54,302,181	11
23.	Human Resource	US$ 47,083	KRW 51,400,000	05
24.	Electrical Engineer	US$ 46,558	KRW 50,750,000	08
25.	University Professor Assistant	US$ 41,161	KRW 45,714,285	07
26.	Assistant Manager	US$ 38,673	KRW 42,636,654	11
27.	Engineer	US$ 36,777	KRW 40,817,350	24
28.	Languages Teacher	US$ 27,181	KRW 29,733,333	06
29.	Other Education Career	US$ 23,636	KRW 25,822,250	08
30.	English Teacher	US$ 23,015	KRW 25,626,675	08

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In South Korea economy, General Manager is on the top list of highest earners, earning an average gross salary of KRW 145,406,976. Director and CEO follow, earning KRW 131,780,568 and KRW 123,852,120, respectively. English Teacher earn a gross annual average of KRW 25,626,675, while Other Education Career earn KRW 25,822,250. The gap between the lowest and the highest paid careers is 473.66%.

SALARY BY JOB TYPE SOUTH KOREA

	Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
Permanent	US$ 60,376	KRW 66,500,572	543
Contract	US$ 45,746	KRW 50,456,182	132
Self Employed	US$ 79,746	KRW 87,126,941	17
Part Time	US$ 34,023	KRW 37,049,881	18

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SALARY BY CITY SOUTH KOREA

#		Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
1.	Incheon	US$ 75,363	KRW 82,495,942	14
2.	Ulsan	US$ 60,091	KRW 67,000,000	05
3.	Seoul	US$ 59,129	KRW 65,084,872	532
4.	Daejeon	US$ 57,716	KRW 63,856,041	17
5.	Suwon	US$ 57,056	KRW 62,974,315	42
6.	Seongnam	US$ 54,667	KRW 60,166,666	12
7.	Busan	US$ 48,773	KRW 54,128,088	37
8.	Gwangju	US$ 42,997	KRW 47,443,000	08
9.	Changwon	US$ 42,637	KRW 47,245,454	11
10.	Daegu	US$ 36,837	KRW 40,341,666	12

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SALARY BY COUNTRY SOUTH KOREA

#		Avg. gross salary (USD)	Avg. gross salary	Salary entries
1.	Switzerland	US$ 123,129	CHF 117,050	1,180
2.	Australia	US$ 88,017	AU$ 99,273	3,052
3.	Norway	US$ 84,347	NOK 637,815	1,124
4.	United States	US$ 81,499	US$ 81,499	19,889
5.	Germany	US$ 76,524	EUR 62,055	2,426
6.	United Kingdom	US$ 73,220	GBP 49,632	4,496
7.	Canada	US$ 70,806	CA$ 77,437	4,826
8.	France	US$ 70,264	EUR 57,209	1,187
9.	Finland	US$ 66,203	EUR 53,724	588
10.	Italy	US$ 63,394	EUR 51,238	1,244
11.	South Korea	US$ 57,452	KRW 63,264,905	710
12.	Mexico	US$ 46,880	MXN 784,739	618
13.	Slovenia	US$ 45,601	EUR 36,385	277
14.	Croatia	US$ 32,335	HRK 197,358	448
15.	Malaysia	US$ 29,127	MYR 103,689	6,539
16.	India	US$ 21,450	INR 1,305,314	10,032

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Salary entries from individual employees for South Korea

(100/100) PLAN MANAGEMENT

(99/100) MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

(98/100) MANAGER

(97/100) EPIK ENGLISH TEACHER

(96/100) INTERNATIONAL SALES MANAGER

(95/100) SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

(94/100) MANAGER

(93/100) MARKET RESEACH

(92/100) PROJECT CONTROL MANAGER

(91/100) HR STAFF

(90/100) MARKETING

(89/100) PLANNING MANAGER

(88/100) FLIGHT TEST LEAD

(87/100) ENGLISH TEACHER

(86/100) SPORTS

(85/100) PROJECT LEAD

(84/100) SPORTS

(83/100) DIRECTOR

(82/100) PROJECT MANAGER

(81/100) CL3 MANAGER

(80/100) TELECOM ENGINEER

(79/100) NAVAL ARCHITECT

(78/100) SOURCING DEVELOPER

(77/100) RESEARCHER

(76/100) SENIOR ENGINEER

(75/100) MANAGER

(74/100) ELECTRONIC ENGINEER

(73/100) WAITRESS

(72/100) BRANCH MANAGER

(71/100) FRONT-END DEVELOPER

(70/100) HR ASSISTANT MANAGER

(69/100) FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER

(68/100) ASSOCIATE

(67/100) PEOPLE AND CULTURE MANAGER

(66/100) CONSULTANT

(65/100) BIG AGENT

(64/100) DIRECTOR

(63/100) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER

(62/100) MANAGER

(61/100) POST DOC

(60/100) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(59/100) GLOBAL HR MANAGER

(58/100) REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER

(57/100) ENGLISH TEACHER

(56/100) SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

(55/100) RESEARCHER

(54/100) SYSTEM ENGINEER

(53/100) SOFTWARE ENGINEER

(52/100) MANAGEMENT

(51/100) URBAN PLANNING

(50/100) MARINE ENGINEER.

(49/100) BUSINESS OPERATION SENIOR MANAGER

(48/100) ENGLISH TEACHER

(47/100) REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

(46/100) PRINCIPLE

(45/100) SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER

(44/100) ENGINEER

(43/100) HAVC ENGINEER

(42/100) SEARCH INSIGHT

(41/100) SENIOR EDITOR

(40/100) ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER

(39/100) RESEARCH ASSISTANT

(38/100) ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR

(37/100) FASHION MODEL

(36/100) DIRECTOR OF BD

(35/100) DATA SCIENTIST

(34/100) HARDWARE

(33/100) DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

(32/100) DATA LOCALIZATION SPECIALIST

(31/100) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

(30/100) INSIDE SALES

(29/100) ASIC/SOC VERIFICATION ENGINEER

(28/100) MANAGER

(27/100) MARKETING MANAGER

(26/100) SALES CONSULTANT

(25/100) COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE

(24/100) SALES ENGINEER