Hire and pay employees in South Korea, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in South Korea. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries. The average onboarding time frame in the South Korea is 2 days with Deel.
Onboard, pay and manage employees in South Korea with Deel
Usually, to hire in South Korea, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Now you can hire employees in South Korea quickly, easily, and compliantly. Automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.
Currency South Korean Won (KRW)
Capital Seoul
Official language Korean
Payroll cycle Monthly
All the necessary benefits for South Korea built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in South Korea within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard in a single HR platform.
- Caisse de retraite
- Assurance maladie publique
- Assurance-chômage
- Assurance accident du travail
- Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)
- Assurance vie mondiale - Allianz
Our quickstart guide to hiring in South Korea
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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum
The minimum wage is KRW 10,030 per hour and KRW 2,096,270 per month starting January 1, 2025.
Please note: Fixed monetary benefits, including fixed allowances and bonuses, will be included in the calculation of the minimum wage.
Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers
The individual income tax ranges from 6% to 45%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates.
| Income (KRW) | Taux d’imposition (%) |
|---|---|
|
Less than 12,000,000 |
6% |
|
12,000,001 - 46,000,000 |
15 % |
|
46,000,001 - 88,000,000 |
24 % |
|
88,000,001 - 150,000,000 |
35% |
|
150,000,001 - 300,000,000 |
38 % |
|
300,000,001 - 500,000,000 |
40 % |
|
500,000,001 - 1,000,000,000 |
42% |
|
More than 1,000,000,000 |
45 % |
Coût de la paie
The employer cost is generally estimated at 11% of the employee salary plus disable hiring fee.
- National pension* - 4.50%
- National health insurance - 3.54%
- Long-term care insurance - 0.448%
- Employment insurance - 1.15% - 1.75%
- Workers' compensation insurance - 0.726%
- Resident Tax - 0.50%
- Disable hiring fee - KRW 62,328 (estimated)
*Calculated on the employee's gross salary with a minimum salary for the contribution of KRW 400,000 and a maximum of KRW 6,370,000 per month.
Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.
Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum
Les horaires de travail normaux sont de 8 heures par jour et 40 heures par semaine. La semaine de travail normale va du lundi au vendredi.
Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 12 hours per week. For additional hours, employees are paid a minimum of 150% of their average salary.
Hiring in South Korea, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in South Korea with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in South Korea and 150+ countries.
Management fee
À partir de
$599
/mois
Estimated Employer Cost
~11% + fixed fee
of employee salary