NMW South Korea 2024

South Korea rises the national minimum wage

In 2024, the national minimum wage in South Korea remained fixed at €1,437.4 per month, that is 17,249 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.

If we look at the minimum salary in South Korean won, which is the official currency in South Korea, we can see that, this year, it was 2,060,740 South Korean won and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 50,160 South Korean won per month from the previous year, 2.49%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2023 which was 3.2%,and so workers, despite the raise, have lost buying power in the last year.

If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, South Korea is in 19 nd place of the 124 of the list.

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.

In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage South Korea. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2024 and see all the information about this country in South Korea economy.

South Korea - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
20242,060,740.0$1,596.3€1,437.4
20232,010,580.0$1,539.9€1,495.9
20221,914,440.0$1,482.4€1,421.9
20211,822,480.0$1,593.1€1,364.1
20201,795,310.0$1,521.1€1,385.0
20191,745,150.0$1,497.5€1,365.6
20181,573,770.0$1,430.5€1,229.9
20171,352,230.0$1,195.6€1,065.3
20161,260,270.0$1,085.7€984.0
20151,166,220.0$1,031.2€880.3
20141,088,890.0$1,034.2€750.5
20131,015,740.0$927.6€722.3
2012957,220.0$849.5€638.7
2011976,320.0$814.7€651.3
2010928,860.0$803.2€557.2
2009904,000.0$707.8€491.5
2008852,020.0$774.5€618.3
2007786,480.0$846.2€642.1
2006700,600.0$733.4€591.5
2005661,430.0$626.6€469.1
2004592,120.0$494.9€393.1
2003531,850.0$431.5€427.6
2002487,780.0$379.2€419.9
2001439,190.0$326.5€373.1
2000381,560.0$319.9€335.5
1999350,300.0$289.8
1998335,610.0$239.2
1997316,400.0$333.1
1996288,150.0$358.2
1995264,420.0$342.8
South Korea - Minimum wages