Korea salary, ages 60-64
Based on Statistics Korea — Wage Earner Income (Compensation) Survey (2024)
ages 60-64 Korean full-time workers earn about 3,827만원 on average. Median is about 2,760만원; top 10% earn at least 6,738만원.
- What is the median salary for ages 60-64 workers in Korea?
- About 2,760만원 (Statistics Korea KOSIS Wage Earner Income).
- What do the top 10% / 25% earn at ages 60-64 in Korea?
- Top 10% earn at least 6,738만원; top 25% at least 3,959만원.
- What do the bottom 10% / 25% earn at ages 60-64 in Korea?
- Bottom 10% earn at most 630만원; bottom 25% at most 1,466만원.
Korea, ages 60-64 full-time wage and salary earners. Pay spans widely — the top 10% clear 6,738만원, about 10.7× the bottom 10% at 630만원, with the middle running 1,466만원 to 3,959만원. The 3,827만원 average is pulled up by top earners. Monthly pay is about ₩230M, hourly wage about ₩11,005. Source: Statistics Korea — Wage Earner Income (Compensation) Survey (2024).
Per month, per hour
Based on a typical (median) earner
- Monthly230만원
- Hourly13,269원
- Take-home monthly207만원
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At a glance
- 20% lower than the next-older cohort
- 15% higher than the next-younger cohort
- Top 10% earn 10.7x more than the bottom 10%
- ₩50M annual is in the top 19.4% for this age group
- At this age, the top 10% earn about 164% more than the median
- The top 25% earn about 55% more than the median at this age
- This cohort's median is 20% below the all-ages median
- Pay peaks at ages 40-44; this cohort is at 59% of that peak
Top-paying occupations at this age
Ranked by average pay for this age group (Statistics Korea occupational major groups).
| Occupation | Average pay |
|---|---|
| Managers | 10,862만원 |
| Office Workers | 4,448만원 |
| Professionals & Related Workers | 4,249만원 |
| Sales Workers | 3,255만원 |
| Craft and Related Trades Workers | 2,424만원 |
| Plant and Machine Operators | 2,283만원 |
About this page
This page covers the salary distribution for Korea, ages 60-64. The median is 2,760만원 and the average is 3,827만원, based on Statistics Korea (KOSIS).
How we calculated
Figures for Korea ages 60-64 are compiled from Statistics Korea (KOSIS). On this page the median is 2,760만원 and the 10th–90th percentile range runs 630만원–6,738만원; the upper and lower percentiles come from rank statistics on the same sample.
- Statistics Korea 'Wage Earner Income 2024' / KOSIS DT_1EP_2010
- https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1EP_2010