Korea
KR desk: Korea first; United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, euro area, United Kingdom and Australia alongside.
No official series for this economy on this indicator.
| Year | Median salary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,481 |
| 2024 | $4,333 |
| 2023 | $4,167 |
| 2022 | $4,000 |
| 2021 | $3,750 |
| 2020 | $3,640 |
| 2019 | $3,380 |
| 2018 | $3,278 |
| 2017 | $3,120 |
| 2016 | $3,033 |
| 2015 | $2,947 |
| 2014 | $2,902 |
| 2013 | $2,817 |
| 2012 | $2,773 |
| 2011 | $2,704 |
| 2010 | $2,667 |
| 2009 | $2,665 |
| 2008 | $2,665 |
| 2007 | $2,600 |
| 2006 | $2,500 |
| 2005 | $2,427 |
| 2004 | $2,383 |
| 2003 | $2,301 |
| 2002 | $2,253 |
This source does not publish this series for this economy. Related figures on this desk still come from the official files.
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Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).
This series is the median of the monthly earnings distribution for employees: the pay level at which half of employees earn more and half earn less. It comes from ILOSTAT indicator EAR_EMTM_SEX_CUR_NB, for both sexes, published annually and converted by the ILO to 2021 PPP dollars. Values are gross employee earnings, before income tax and social contributions, and they are not take-home pay. The median is less influenced by a few very high earners than the mean, so it often sits below the average.
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Korea appears first, with comparison economies where the producer publishes them. This desk filters the same official series as the all-countries view; it does not recalculate values.
Average and median monthly earnings come from ILOSTAT, in 2021 PPP dollars. These are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay. National coverage differs.
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