Minimum wage, official monthly equivalent (40-hour week)
The hourly minimum wage is the number that gets published; this is the number that decides whether a monthly salary is lawful. It is not the hourly rate times actual hours worked — it includes eight paid weekly holiday hours, which is why a salary that looks above the minimum on an hours-worked basis can still be below it.
- Applies to
- Employees working a 40-hour week and meeting the paid weekly holiday conditions
- Review cadence
- Checked once a year
What we have recorded
- 2026-01-01₩2,156,880
₩10,320 x 209 hours. The 209 hours is a monthly conversion basis — 40 contractual hours plus 8 paid weekly holiday hours, across an average 4.345 weeks — not a count of hours actually worked.
Ministry of Employment and Labor, minimum wage notice for 2026
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