Korea Hourly Wage and Weekly Holiday Allowance Calculator

Hourly wage to monthly pay with the weekly holiday allowance, or monthly pay to an hourly wage, compared with the minimum wage.

Hourly wage

For example 10,320 or 12000.

Contractual hours a weekThe hours you agreed to work, without overtime.

Minimum wage year

Wage sheet2026 minimum wage

Monthly pay, holiday allowance includedExample · 2026 minimum wage ₩10,320, 40 hours a week

₩2,156,880

Exactly the 2026 minimum wage of ₩10,320 an hour.

Hourly wage₩10,320

Contractual hours a week40 hours

Paid weekly holiday hours40 ÷ 40 × 88 hours

Weekly holiday allowance, per week 주휴수당₩82,560

Weekly pay, allowance included₩412,800 + ₩82,560₩495,360

Hours per monththe figure in the official notice209 hours

Monthly pay hourly wage × hours per month₩2,156,880

The minimum wage check is a simple comparison on base pay, the wage fixed and paid every month. This calculator cannot judge which allowances or bonuses count. All amounts are before tax. Rules and sources

Minimum wage and the weekly holiday allowance

2026: ₩10,320 an hour · ₩2,156,880 a month
2027: ₩10,700 an hour · ₩2,236,300 a month
Allowance: 15 hours a week or more, with full attendance that week

See the rules and sources

Rules and sources

Checked against the laws and agency notices below on 10 October 2026. The pages are in Korean. The full table is on the about page.

Item	Rule	Source
Weekly holiday 주휴일	at least one paid holiday a week on average, for workers who attended every contractual working day that week	Labor Standards Act, Article 55 Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, Article 30
No allowance	contractual hours under 15 a week on a four-week average	Labor Standards Act, Article 18
Amount of the weekly holiday allowance 주휴수당	contractual hours of one day × hourly wage; part-time workers in proportion to a full-time worker	Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, Table 2 Ministry of Employment and Labor 1350 counselling answers on the weekly holiday allowance
Hours per month	209 hours for a 40-hour week, including 8 paid holiday hours a week	Ministry of Employment and Labor Notice 2026-60: minimum wage for 2027 Enforcement Decree of the Minimum Wage Act, Article 5
Minimum wage 최저임금	₩10,320 in 2026, ₩10,700 in 2027	Minimum Wage Commission: minimum wage by year Ministry of Employment and Labor Notice 2026-60: minimum wage for 2027

Minimum wage in 2026 and 2027

Swipe the table sideways.

Year	Hourly	Daily (8 hours)	Monthly (209 hours)
2026	₩10,320	₩82,560	₩2,156,880
2027	₩10,700	₩85,600	₩2,236,300

Source: Minimum Wage Commission: minimum wage by year. Checked 2026-10-10.

How it is calculated

Weekly holiday allowance = paid holiday hours × hourly wage. Paid holiday hours are weekly contractual hours ÷ 40 × 8, capped at 8. This is what the method in the Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, Table 2 gives when a full-time worker does five days and 40 hours a week. At 20 hours a week on ₩10,320: 4 hours × ₩10,320 = ₩41,280.
Under 15 hours a week there is no allowance. You must attend every contractual working day of the week. According to the ministry’s counselling answers, arriving late or leaving early is not an absence.
Hours per month = (weekly contractual hours + paid holiday hours) × 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12. For a 40-hour week the calculator uses the 209 hours stated in the ministry’s notice. For shorter weeks it uses the formula as is and shows one decimal (20 hours a week = 104.3 hours).
Monthly to hourly divides monthly pay by the hours per month, dropping won fractions.
The minimum wage check is a simple comparison on base pay. This calculator cannot judge which allowances or bonuses count.

The weekly holiday also applies to workplaces with four or fewer workers (Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, Table 1). Last checked 2026-10-10.

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