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# Working as a physician in South Korea

In South Korea, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 3,416 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Physician is a regulated profession in South Korea. Foreign qualifications go through: A physician is medical personnel holding a Minister of Health and Welfare licence; Article 5 requires specified qualification and passing the relevant national examination, including a route for qualifying foreign-school graduates with a foreign licence.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 3,416 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: A physician is medical personnel holding a Minister of Health and Welfare licence; Article 5 requires specified qualification and passing the relevant national examination, including a route for qualifying foreign-school graduates with a foreign licence.; A foreign medical-school graduate first needs the school recognition review, then must pass the Korean physician preliminary examination and national examination before licence issuance.
- Recognition authority: Ministry of Health and Welfare; Kuksiwon conducts the foreign-school recognition review; MOHW sets/approves the recognition standard and result.

## Sources

PDF pp. 2 and 11-12; Medical Service Act Articles 2, 5 and 11 — https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/eng/engLsPdfPrint.do?ancNo=19818&ancYd=20231031&docSelectId=pdf&lsiSeq=255803&save=save
Kuksiwon physician occupation notice; Medical Act duty and licence description. — https://www.kuksiwon.or.kr/subcnt/c_2007/1/view.do?seq=7
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in South Korea: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version afa08c6c3c6c76fad4b04965c3a4c9d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/south-korea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in South Korea: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {afa08c6c3c6c76fad4b04965c3a4c9d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/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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