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# Take-home pay in South Korea

The national median gross salary in South Korea is ₩2,880,000 a month (2024). Over twelve months, ₩34,560,000 a year, a single person without children pays ₩1,010,760 in income tax and ₩3,250,049 in employee social contributions and keeps ₩30,299,191 a year: ₩2,524,933 a month (€1,552 at the ECB rate for 2026-08), 87.7% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is ₩56,749,797 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | ₩28,374,898 | ₩2,364,575 | ₩2,103,226 | 88.9% |
| 67% | ₩38,022,364 | ₩3,168,530 | ₩2,747,801 | 86.7% |
| 100% | ₩56,749,797 | ₩4,729,150 | ₩3,947,191 | 83.5% |
| 133% | ₩75,477,229 | ₩6,289,769 | ₩5,098,943 | 81.1% |
| 167% | ₩94,772,160 | ₩7,897,680 | ₩6,245,554 | 79.1% |
| 200% | ₩113,499,593 | ₩9,458,299 | ₩7,349,252 | 77.7% |
| 250% | ₩141,874,491 | ₩11,822,874 | ₩8,750,357 | 74.0% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | ₩28,374,898 | ₩2,364,575 | ₩2,670,559 | 112.9% |
| 67% | ₩38,022,364 | ₩3,168,530 | ₩3,340,634 | 105.4% |
| 100% | ₩56,749,797 | ₩4,729,150 | ₩4,508,524 | 95.3% |
| 133% | ₩75,477,229 | ₩6,289,769 | ₩5,581,713 | 88.7% |
| 167% | ₩94,772,160 | ₩7,897,680 | ₩6,733,554 | 85.3% |
| 200% | ₩113,499,593 | ₩9,458,299 | ₩7,837,531 | 82.9% |
| 250% | ₩141,874,491 | ₩11,822,874 | ₩9,278,690 | 78.5% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | ₩28,374,898 | ₩2,364,575 | ₩2,671,796 | 113.0% |
| 67% | ₩38,022,364 | ₩3,168,530 | ₩3,347,509 | 105.6% |
| 100% | ₩56,749,797 | ₩4,729,150 | ₩4,515,399 | 95.5% |
| 133% | ₩75,477,229 | ₩6,289,769 | ₩5,588,588 | 88.9% |
| 167% | ₩94,772,160 | ₩7,897,680 | ₩6,744,554 | 85.4% |
| 200% | ₩113,499,593 | ₩9,458,299 | ₩7,848,531 | 83.0% |
| 250% | ₩141,874,491 | ₩11,822,874 | ₩9,294,732 | 78.6% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Korea Ministry of Government Legislation; the rates apply to national taxable comprehensive-income base.

| Taxable income | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| up to ₩14,000,000 | 6% |
| ₩14,000,000 – ₩50,000,000 | 15% |
| ₩50,000,000 – ₩88,000,000 | 24% |
| ₩88,000,000 – ₩150,000,000 | 35% |
| ₩150,000,000 – ₩300,000,000 | 38% |
| ₩300,000,000 – ₩500,000,000 | 40% |
| ₩500,000,000 – ₩1,000,000,000 | 42% |
| above ₩1,000,000,000 | 45% |

- Basic personal deduction: ₩1,500,000 a year
- Standard VAT rate: 10%; reduced 0%

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. Korea Ministry of Government Legislation, Income Tax Act Article 55 rate table effective 2026-07-01. https://law.go.kr/LSW/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1019372661
3. 2024 wage-worker job income (remuneration) results, 2024 wage-worker job income (remuneration) results. https://www.mods.go.kr/board.es?act=view&bid=11113&list_no=443648&mid=a10301030500
4. European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, KRW/EUR, monthly average. https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/EXR.M.KRW.EUR.SP00.A

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/south-korea/
- JSON (the model for South Korea): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/kr.json