How to use
Enter your hourly wage and your contracted weekly hours (the weekly hours set in your contract, as a 4-week average), then choose whether you worked every scheduled day that week. You see your weekly holiday pay, weekly holiday hours, monthly average holiday pay and weekly pay (pay for contracted hours + weekly holiday pay). The hourly wage field starts at the 2026 minimum wage of KRW 10,320, and a warning appears if you enter a lower rate. If you do not qualify for weekly holiday pay, the calculator tells you why.
Who qualifies for weekly holiday pay
Weekly holiday pay (juhyu sudang) is what you are paid for your weekly paid day off. If you work every scheduled day in a week, you get at least one paid day off per week on average (Labor Standards Act, Article 55(1); Enforcement Decree, Article 30(1)). You must meet both of these conditions:
- Contracted weekly hours averaging 15 or more over 4 weeks — below 15 hours, the weekly holiday rule does not apply (Labor Standards Act, Article 18(3)).
- Working every scheduled day that week — there is no weekly holiday pay for a week with an absence.
Contracted hours are the working hours agreed between the worker and the employer (Labor Standards Act, Article 2(1)8). What counts is the hours set in the contract, not the hours you actually worked.
Formula and examples
Weekly holiday pay = (contracted weekly hours ÷ 40) × 8 hours × hourly wage
Overtime beyond 40 hours is left out, so weekly holiday pay covers 8 hours at most (Ministry of Employment and Labor administrative interpretation, Labor Standards Policy Division-5943). These examples use the 2026 minimum wage of KRW 10,320 an hour.
| Contracted weekly hours | Weekly holiday hours | Weekly holiday pay | Weekly pay (contracted + holiday) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 hours | 8 hours | KRW 82,560 | KRW 495,360 |
| 25 hours | 5 hours | KRW 51,600 | KRW 309,600 |
| 20 hours | 4 hours | KRW 41,280 | KRW 247,680 |
| 15 hours | 3 hours | KRW 30,960 | KRW 185,760 |
| 14 hours | None | KRW 0 | KRW 144,480 |
If you are contracted for 40 hours and work 10 hours of overtime, your weekly holiday pay stays at 8 hours’ worth, KRW 82,560. Premiums for overtime, night and holiday work, taxes and social insurance are not part of this calculation.
This calculator assumes a comparable full-time worker works 40 hours over 5 days a week. The proportional formula can apply even if you personally work fewer than 5 days. If the comparable full-time worker has a different number of scheduled workdays, the actual amount may differ. For short-hour workers, paid holiday hours are calculated by dividing their contracted hours over 4 weeks by the comparable full-time worker’s total scheduled workdays in that period (Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, Appendix 2). Check the exact amount with your regional employment and labor office.
Monthly average holiday pay
A month has 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12 = about 4.345 weeks on average. So the monthly average holiday pay is estimated as weekly holiday pay × 365 ÷ 7 ÷ 12. At the 2026 minimum wage, that is KRW 358,743 for 40 hours a week and KRW 179,371 for 20 hours a week. The real amount depends on how many weeks fall in the month and whether you worked every scheduled day, so treat it as a guide.
Weekly holiday pay in 2027
The 2027 minimum wage is KRW 10,700 an hour and applies from January 1, 2027. To calculate weekly holiday pay at the 2027 rate, use the South Korea Weekly Holiday Pay Calculator 2027.