Hourly Wage to Monthly Salary Calculator

Under the Korean Labor Standards Act, workers whose contracted hours are 15 or more per week and who complete all scheduled workdays that week are entitled to a paid weekly rest day. If you work 40+ hours per week you receive 8 hours' wages; below 40 hours it is prorated as (weekly hours ÷ 40) × 8 × hourly wage. It applies regardless of employment type, including part-time work.

Korea's 2026 minimum wage is ₩10,320 per hour. Divide your total pay by your actual paid hours (including weekly holiday hours); if the result is below ₩10,320, it violates the Minimum Wage Act. Some welfare benefits such as meal or transport allowances may partially count toward the minimum wage, so contact the Ministry of Employment and Labor hotline (1350) for borderline cases.

All results here are pre-tax. If you are enrolled in the four major social insurances, roughly 9-10% is deducted for national pension, health insurance, and employment insurance, plus withheld income tax and local income tax. Daily workers are taxed differently — for example, no income tax applies on daily pay up to ₩150,000 — so actual deductions depend on your employment type.

No. This calculator covers base pay for contracted hours plus weekly holiday pay only. Workplaces with five or more employees must pay at least a 50% premium on top of regular wages for night work (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.), overtime, and holiday work, so add those separately if they apply.

For a 40-hour week, adding 8 paid holiday hours gives 48 hours per week. Multiplying by the average number of weeks per month (365 ÷ 12 ÷ 7 ≈ 4.345) yields about 208.57 hours, rounded up to 209 — the standard monthly hours used for salaried workers in Korea. The official 2026 minimum monthly salary of ₩2,156,880 (10,320 × 209) is calculated this way. This calculator multiplies by 4.345 directly, so results may differ slightly from the 209-hour figure.