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What these calculators are, what they are based on, and which Korean government body to contact when you need an answer that actually counts.
Every result on this site is an estimate for reference only. It carries no legal force, and it is not the basis for any tax assessment, wage payment or benefit decision. If the number matters, confirm it with one of the bodies listed below.
Kmagpie Tools applies published Korean law and official government rate tables and shows you the result. Each page also shows the formula and the article of law it came from, so you can check the working rather than take the number on trust.
What it does not do is give advice. The site owner is not a tax accountant, a lawyer, or a certified labour attorney, and nothing here is tax, legal, employment or investment advice for your particular situation. These are calculators built on general assumptions, not a consultation.
A calculator only knows what you type into it. Real amounts depend on things it cannot see.
Pay and severance depend on your employment contract, your company's work rules, which allowances count as ordinary wage, and how probation, leave of absence or injury periods are treated. Taxes depend on the assessed standard value of the property, whether you actually meet the conditions for a reduction, local ordinances, and how your household is counted. Social insurance depends on what your employer reported and when the annual reconciliation lands. Unemployment benefit depends on why you left your job and how the employment centre rules on your eligibility.
Laws and rates also change. This site tries to keep up, but there can be a gap between an amendment taking effect and it appearing here. The table below shows which version of the rules each tool is currently using.
Besides calculators, Kmagpie Tools includes utilities that convert or edit image, PDF and video files inside your browser. Files are never uploaded; everything runs on your own device, so the site owner neither stores nor sees your files.
Processed output is not guaranteed to be identical to the original. Compressed images and videos lose quality, text recognition (OCR) can misread or skip characters, and document conversions may change layout. Check the result before you use it, and always keep the original file. For documents that must be submitted or have legal effect, do a final check in the original application.
The site owner is not liable for loss caused by using an unchecked result or deleting an original. You are responsible for any copyright or personal-data obligations attached to the files you process and share.
| Tool | Legal basis | Version applied |
|---|---|---|
| Net salary | Income Tax Act Enforcement Decree, Schedule 2 (simplified withholding table); National Pension, National Health Insurance and Employment Insurance Acts | 2026 rates · withholding table as amended 29 Feb 2024 |
| Severance pay | Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act arts. 4 and 8; Labor Standards Act art. 2 | 2026 |
| Weekly holiday allowance | Labor Standards Act arts. 18 and 55; Enforcement Decree art. 30 | 2026 minimum wage, 10,320 won per hour |
| Annual leave | Labor Standards Act art. 60 | 2026 |
| Unemployment benefit | Employment Insurance Act arts. 45 to 50 | 2026 cap 68,100 won · floor 66,048 won |
These bodies have the authority to decide. If their figure differs from this site's, theirs is the one that counts.
| Topic | Body | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Wages, severance, leave, holiday allowance | Ministry of Employment and Labor counselling centre | 1350 (no area code, interpretation available) · moel.go.kr |
| Unemployment benefit, employment insurance | Ministry of Employment and Labor / your local employment centre | 1350 · ei.go.kr |
| Income tax, year-end settlement | National Tax Service | 126 · Hometax |
| Health insurance | National Health Insurance Service | 1577-1000 · nhis.or.kr |
| National pension | National Pension Service | 1355 · nps.or.kr |
| Work injury insurance | Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service | 1588-0075 · comwel.or.kr |
| Visa and residence status | Immigration Contact Center | 1345 (no area code, multilingual) |
If you are worried about how a complaint might affect your visa, call 1345 about the visa question and 1350 about the labour question. They are separate systems. Labour law in Korea protects you regardless of nationality or visa type, including if your status has lapsed.
All calculations run inside your own browser. Your salary, your dates and your working hours are never sent to a server, never stored and never logged. Close the page and the numbers are gone.
The same applies to the image and PDF tools: files are processed in browser memory rather than uploaded, so a photo of your face or an unsigned contract never leaves your device.
This site carries Google AdSense advertising. Ad content is chosen by Google and its advertisers, not by the site owner, and no individual ad is reviewed or endorsed here. The site owner is not responsible for transactions with, or losses arising from, advertisers or externally linked sites. For how advertising handles personal data, see the privacy policy.
The site owner works to keep these calculations and file tools accurate and current but does not warrant that every result is correct. The site owner is not liable for loss arising from relying on a calculation or a processed file without confirming it.
This does not exclude liability for wilful misconduct or gross negligence. If you find a calculation error, please report it and it will be checked and fixed.
If a result looks wrong, email support@kmagpie.com with the values you entered and the figure you expected. Saying which tool, what you typed and what came out makes it far easier to reproduce. Reports in English are welcome.
If a law has changed and the site has not caught up yet, that is worth reporting too. Include the amendment and its effective date if you have them.
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Last updated 4 August 2026