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# Working as an accountant in South Korea

In South Korea, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 3,416 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Accountant is a regulated profession in South Korea. Foreign qualifications go through: The Korean CPA route requires statutory eligibility, two exam levels, Korean-language examinations, and then experience and KICPA training before practice licensure.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 3,416 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: The Korean CPA route requires statutory eligibility, two exam levels, Korean-language examinations, and then experience and KICPA training before practice licensure.
- Language requirement: KICPA states the Korean CPA exams are written in Korean and require an accepted English aptitude score.

## Sources

CPA exam and statutory practice-licence sequence. — https://www.kicpa.or.kr/portal/default/kicpa/gnb/en_pc/menu03/menu02.page
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_accountant-in-south-korea-salary-and-recognition_a8e5846e18a6,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Accountant in South Korea: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {03cde08d1dc4bb07939f06960440020f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/south-korea/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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