SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korea’s top 100 companies paid their employees an average annual salary of more than 100 million won (US$67,981) in 2024, industry data showed Monday. An analysis by Yonhap News Agency of the latest business reports from the 100 largest non-financial firms by sales showed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six in ten employees who negotiated their salaries this year expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome, according to a recent survey. HR technology firm Incruit conducted a survey of 830 workers regarding their 2025 salary negotiations. The findings, released on Tuesday, revealed that 49.9% of respondents engaged in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean workers reported an average annual income of 43.32 million won in 2023, an increase of more than 1 million won from the previous year, according to year-end tax settlement data. The number of high-income earners making over 100 million won annually reached 1.39 million, while 33% of workers [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – What constitutes a high salary for South Korean office workers? According to a recent survey, the general consensus is an annual income of around 85.5 million won. The survey, conducted by the job platform JobKorea, polled 721 employed men and women, allowing for multiple responses. The results showed that respondents [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The average annual salary for doctors in South Korea surpassed 300 million won in 2022, according to government data on physician workforce and wages released on May 14. The data, submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to the Seoul High Court on May 10, represents the latest official [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), grappling with a debt of 200 trillion won, is causing internal strife after asking employees to sign a ‘salary return agreement’ to fund voluntary retirement severance. This move has sparked significant discontent among employees, with some questioning why employee money is being used to [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, Ulsan has emerged as the city with the highest average salary for office workers, significantly outpacing other regions including Jeju, which has the lowest wages among the 17 cities and provinces. This disparity was highlighted in a report by Yang Kyung-sook, a member of the National Assembly’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to raise the annual salaries of entry-level military officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) at border units by up to 30 percent by 2027 from this year, the defense ministry said Sunday, amid a push to improve working conditions of troops. The salary for a new staff [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., a major South Korean tech firm, beat its rival Naver Corp. in terms of average wage for three consecutive years through 2022, data showed Sunday. Kakao, which operates the country’s most popular mobile messenger, KakaoTalk, saw its average wage reach 139 million won (US$103,422) last year, hovering [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — At South Korea’s biggest enterprises, the highest-paid executives made 16 times more than the median worker last year, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. Leaders Index analyzed data from 282 Korean companies that disclosed information on their highest-paid earners for last year. The annual wage of these companies’ highest-paid executives [...]