Hourly Pay & Work Hours (Korea)
Turn clock-in and clock-out times into hours and pay with South Korea’s statutory night, overtime and holiday premiums, and convert to daily, weekly and monthly pay.
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Hourly Pay & Work Hours (Korea): complete guide
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At a glance
- What you enter
- Start time, end time and break time (minutes).
- Past midnight
- If the end is earlier than the start, it is treated as the next day and marked.
- Work hours
- The span between start and end minus the break.
- Overtime threshold
- You choose how many hours per day count before overtime starts.
- Premium pay
- For workplaces in Korea with 5 or more regular employees, per Article 56 of the Labor Standards Act: overtime 50%, night (22:00-06:00) 50%, holiday 50% up to 8 hours and 100% beyond. With 4 or fewer, turn it off and only base pay is counted.
- Conversion
- From the hourly wage it gives daily pay, weekly pay with the weekly holiday allowance, and monthly pay (hourly wage × monthly scheduled hours; 209 hours for a 40-hour week).
- Weekly overtime
- Counts, without overlap, hours over the daily limit plus hours by which a week's work (after removing daily excess) exceeds 40. Warns you if a week with holidays exceeds 52 hours.
- Minimum wage
- Warns you if the wage is below the 2026 Korean minimum of 10,320 KRW.
- At once
- Up to 31 entries.
- Not deducted
- Tax and the four major social insurances are not deducted.
- Where it runs
- Calculated only in this browser; your work records are not sent to a server.
How to use Hourly Pay & Work Hours (Korea)
Enter each shift
In the label field, write something you can recognize, like a weekday or date. Enter start and end in 24-hour format such as 09:00. For a shift that runs overnight, you don't need a separate date; just enter the end time as it is.
Enter the break time
Enter it in minutes. Work time is the span between start and end minus this value. If the break is equal to or longer than the shift, nothing is calculated and the row shows the reason.
Set the hourly wage and workplace size
Enter the hourly wage written in your contract. The overtime threshold is how many hours per day count before overtime; the default is 8. For a workplace in Korea with 5 or more regular employees, keep the premium switch on. Check the holiday box on rows worked on a holiday.
Check the totals and copy them
You get work hours, estimated pay, and how much is base pay versus overtime, night and holiday premiums. Decimal hours are shown too, so they're easy to carry into other calculations. Copy result copies text that includes the settings used.
What it’s good for
Shifts that cross midnight are counted as-is
Start at 22:00 and finish at 06:00 the next day and it counts as 8 hours. If the end time is earlier than the start time, the tool treats the shift as running past midnight and marks that row as next day. You don't have to enter dates separately, so a night-shift schedule goes in quickly.
Night, overtime and holiday premiums follow Article 56 of the Korean Labor Standards Act
For workplaces in Korea with 5 or more regular employees, overtime earns an extra 50% of the ordinary wage, night work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. earns 50%, and holiday work earns 50% up to 8 hours and 100% beyond 8 hours. This tool adds these premiums on top of the base pay for every worked hour and shows them separately. Night work that overlaps with overtime or holiday work gets the premiums added together. Workplaces with 4 or fewer regular employees are not covered by Article 56, so turn the switch off to count base pay only, with no premiums.
See daily, weekly and monthly pay from an hourly wage
Enter hours per day and working days per week to get daily pay, weekly pay including the weekly holiday allowance, and monthly pay (hourly wage multiplied by monthly scheduled hours, which is (weekly hours + weekly holiday hours) × 4.345 weeks rounded; 209 hours for a 40-hour week). The weekly holiday allowance applies from 15 hours a week. If you enter an hourly wage below the 2026 Korean minimum wage of 10,320 KRW, the tool tells you.
Worked examples
Night shift
Start 22:00 · End 06:00 · Break 0 min · Wage 10,000 KRW · 5 or more employees8 hours · next-day mark
Base pay 80,000 KRW + night premium 8 hours × 50% 40,000 KRW
Total 120,000 KRWA 10-hour day on a holiday
09:00-20:00 · Break 60 min · Holiday checked · Wage 10,000 KRWBase pay 100,000 KRW
Holiday premium 8 hours × 50% + 2 hours × 100% 60,000 KRW
Total 160,000 KRWWhat it calculates and what it doesn't
Swipe the table sideways to see the rest.
| Item | Handling | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Actual work hours | Calculated | Start, end and break are enough |
| Overtime, night and holiday premiums | Calculated per Article 56 for 5 or more employees | Not applicable to workplaces with 4 or fewer |
| Weekly holiday allowance | Not in the timesheet total; shown only in the conversion | Needs scheduled hours and attendance |
| Overtime past 40 hours a week | Counted (without overlapping daily excess) | Articles 50 and 56 of the Labor Standards Act |
| Over 52 hours a week | Flags the week | Limit under Article 53 of the Labor Standards Act |
| Tax and four major insurances | Not deducted | Deductions differ from person to person |
When the result isn’t what you expected
I entered times but nothing is calculated
Times must be in 24-hour format. Enter two digits like 09:00, not 9:00. There is no 24:00, so use 00:00.
Work hours come out too long
You may have swapped start and end. If the end is earlier than the start, the tool assumes the shift crossed midnight. Check whether the next-day mark appears.
No overtime is detected
The overtime threshold is larger than the actual work hours. Lower the threshold or check the work hours. Setting the threshold to 0 counts everything as overtime.
Pay shows as 0
The hourly wage is empty or 0. If you only want to count hours, you can leave it; if you need amounts, enter the wage.
Key terms
- Scheduled working hours
- The hours you agreed to work in the employment contract. They are the baseline for judging overtime.
- Break time
- Time during the shift when you don't work. It is subtracted from work hours.
- Overtime premium
- An extra payment of at least 50% of the ordinary wage for work beyond the set hours.
- Night work
- Work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. the next day. It earns at least a 50% premium.
- Decimal hours
- 7 hours 30 minutes written as 7.5. Used in pay calculations.
Hourly Pay & Work Hours (Korea) FAQ
What happens if I enter the break time wrong?
If the break is equal to or longer than the shift, that row shows the reason and is left out of the totals. The number of excluded rows is shown above the results.
Does it calculate the weekly holiday allowance?
Not in the timesheet total. The weekly holiday allowance depends on scheduled weekly hours and perfect attendance, which can't be determined from clock-in and clock-out records alone. The daily/weekly/monthly conversion below adds it based on hours per day and working days per week. For the detailed conditions, see the weekly holiday pay calculator.
Is break time deducted from night hours?
The tool doesn't ask when you took the break, so it deducts the break from daytime hours first. If daytime hours are shorter than the break, the remaining break is deducted from night hours. If you actually rested during the night, the result may come out slightly higher than the true night premium.
Does it count overtime beyond 40 hours a week?
Yes. It adds, without double counting, the hours over the daily limit (8 by default) and the hours by which the week's work, after removing daily excess, exceeds 40 (Article 50 of the Labor Standards Act). Working 9:00-19:00 (1-hour break) for 6 days gives 6 hours of daily excess plus 8 hours of weekly excess, so 14 hours of overtime. Weeks are split by the order of weekdays in the row labels; if the labels aren't weekdays, rows are grouped 7 at a time. Holiday work is counted only as holiday premium, and weeks that exceed 52 hours including holidays (Article 53) are flagged separately.
Is this the take-home amount after tax?
No. It is the amount before tax and the four major social insurances are deducted. What you actually receive depends on your deductions.
Can I enter a whole month at once?
You can enter up to 31 rows, so a month's schedule fits at once. Writing the date in the label field makes it easy to tell which day is which.
Is the night premium calculated separately?
Yes. It adds 50% of the hourly wage to work hours that fall between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and adds it together with overtime or holiday premiums when they overlap. Breaks are deducted from daytime hours first.
Do workplaces with fewer than 5 employees get premium pay?
Article 56 of the Korean Labor Standards Act does not apply to workplaces with 4 or fewer regular employees, so there is no legal obligation to pay premiums. Turn the switch off to count base pay only. If your contract or work rules promise premiums, follow those.
Are my entered work records saved?
No. Refreshing the page returns everything to the initial state. Copy the results you need.