Finance & Tax

Salary take-home calculator

Turn a gross monthly or annual salary into an estimated monthly payment. The Korean profile uses the published monthly income-tax table rather than an annual-tax shortcut, including eligible family members, children and an 80/100/120% withholding choice. Insurance and tax appear separately in the payment breakdown. English pages still require an explicit jurisdiction choice.

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Jurisdiction / calculation rules

English is a display language. Korean rates apply only to the South Korea profile. The manual profile does not calculate any country’s tax law.

Salary input period

Annual pay is spread evenly across 12 months. Enter bonuses separately only if paid in this month; do not include them twice.

Gross salary

Confirmed tax-exempt pay per month

Already included in gross pay. Enter only amounts that meet tax-exemption rules; meal allowances are not automatically exempt for everyone.

Adjust tax details and insurance enrollment

Korean monthly employee deductionsPayroll month in 2026Eligible dependents including yourself (1–30)Of those dependents: eligible children aged 8–20Income tax withholding choiceNational pension enrolled (employee 4.75%)Employee health + long-term care enrolledEmployment insurance enrolled (employee 0.9%)

Industrial accident insurance is paid by the employer for ordinary employees (employee deduction 0). Enrollment is your selection, not an automatic eligibility decision. Health 3.595%; care = employee health premium × 0.9448 ÷ 7.19.

Use registered insurance bases instead of taxable pay

Without an override the insurance base is estimated from taxable pay. Pension bases: Jan–Jun KRW 400,000–6,370,000; Jul–Dec 410,000–6,590,000. Health employee premium is limited to KRW 10,080–4,591,740. Actual registered bases, adjustments and reductions may differ.

Other / fixed deductions for this payment

Estimate only. It excludes year-end settlement, special reductions, irregular bonus withholding, insurance settlements and employer-specific rules. Amounts are not stored or sent to a server.

Official sources · Korea 2026

Rules reviewed 21 October 2026. Select the pay month: child credits change in March and pension limits in July.

Result

Worked examples

Monthly KRW 3,000,000; exempt 200,000; one family member; October; all insurance enrolled

Take-home KRW 2,665,440; deductions 334,560

Taxable pay is 2,800,000; pension 133,000; health 100,660; care 13,220; employment 25,200; national tax 56,800; local tax 5,680.

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