E-7 basic annual wage requirement, professional (E-7-1)
The basis changed, not just the number. E-7 wage requirements were long explained as a percentage of the previous year's per-capita GNI, and that formula is still repeated everywhere — but the Ministry of Justice now announces amounts by sub-type directly, with a stated period of application. Anyone computing a figure from GNI is answering a question that is no longer asked, and certain occupations set their own requirement on top.
- Applies to
- E-7 specific activities status holders and the employers sponsoring them
- Review cadence
- Checked once a year
What we have recorded
- 2026-02-01₩31,120,000
E-7-1 professional. The same announcement sets E-7-2 semi-professional and E-7-3 general skilled at ₩25,890,000, and E-7-4 skilled technical at ₩26,000,000. It applies from 1 February to 31 December 2026. Where an occupation-specific notice or guideline sets its own wage requirement — some still keyed to a share of GNI — that requirement governs instead.
Ministry of Justice — 2026 E-7 wage requirement announcement
One reading so far. This becomes a history the first time the figure moves while we are watching — which is the part that cannot be reconstructed later.
Guides that depend on this figure
When this figure moves, every guide above needs the same edit. That is why it is tracked here rather than copied into each one.