Working as an accountant in South Korea
What official sources say about working as an accountant in South Korea: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
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.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in South Korea: ≈ 3,416 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of accountants alone.
Regulation and recognition
Accountant is a regulated profession in South Korea.
- 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.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in South Korea: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 03cde08d1dc4bb07939f06960440020f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/south-korea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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